Maker Faire Bay Area 2009
Camera Obscura

Location:   Midway  M4   

This Camera Obscura is a walk-in camera showing the surrounding scenery in full color and detail.

The rooftop lens projects the scenery onto a circular screen in the darkened room.

500 years ago Leonardo daVinci described the camera obscura which led to the development of photography.

Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura

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About the Maker(s)

Chris de Monterey [
I replaced the 500 lb. bearing and motor of San Francisco's Giant Camera starting in 1979, - now listed with the National Register of Historic Buildings. Designed and built: - Exhibit style camera obscura for the Los Angeles county fair's history of the cinema. - Six Camera Obscuras for the Burningman festival until 2008.

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