Pinhole photography

Pinhole Photography in Science
In the late Middle Ages the pinhole was used to study the projection of light through a small aperture. In the 16th century and later it was used in astronomy to study solar eclipses.

Pinhole Photography involves making a pinhole in the end of a box, tube, or any other object that can be made light proof and then placing film or paper in the other end to expose by the light entering.

What is Pinhole Photography?
Pinhole photography is fairly simple to explain. It is like any other kind of photography, but instead of using a lens, a very small hole used to project the image on the film or other light sensitive material.

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A variant of pinhole photography is zone plate photography. Light bends, or is diffracted, when it travels past an edge and the zone plate takes advantage of this principle.

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