cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions · 6 days agoHow did early cameras take pictures, wat sorcery was that?message-squaremessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down12
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareHow did early cameras take pictures, wat sorcery was that?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions · 6 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareowenfromcanadalinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 days ago be 1717 discover chemical it reacts to light neat! not permanent tho be 1800 spread chemical on paper put leaf on paper set in sun for several hours the shadow image is permanent neat! be 1826 spread chemical on metal put in dark box poke small hole in box point box at thing for hours more chemicals it looks like the thing neat! be 1850s and later that metal thing works on paper too! better chemicals! fancy glass bits! works in seconds! neat!
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoCamera obscuras were very early on - 500BC - 500 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura Less portable though. The band of the same name are also good
be 1717
discover chemical
it reacts to light
neat!
not permanent tho
be 1800
spread chemical on paper
put leaf on paper
set in sun for several hours
the shadow image is permanent
neat!
be 1826
spread chemical on metal
put in dark box
poke small hole in box
point box at thing for hours
more chemicals
it looks like the thing
neat!
be 1850s and later
that metal thing works on paper too!
better chemicals!
fancy glass bits!
works in seconds!
neat!
Camera obscuras were very early on - 500BC - 500 AD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura
Less portable though.
The band of the same name are also good