COOK ISLANDS 2 DOLLARS180 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHIE CAMERA IN SOUTH AFRICA

Cook Islands 2 dollars180 years of Photographie Camera Obscura Silver Coin 2006 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Cook Island Metal Purity:    Ag925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2006 Weight:   10 g CoA:   Yes Face Value:   2 dollars Dimensions:   30     Quality:   Brilliant UNC     Mintage:   2500   New coin with capsule, CoA and box, outer paper box may be crumpled and has some attritions A camera obscura (Latin for "dark room") is an optical device that led to photography and the photographic camera. The device consists of a box or room with a hole in one side. Light from an external scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside, where it is reproduced, inverted (thus upside-down), but with color and perspective preserved. The image can be projected onto paper, and can then be traced to produce a highly accurate representation. The largest camera obscura in the world is on Constitution Hill in Aberystwyth, Wales.[1]Using mirrors, as in an 18th-century overhead version, it is possible to project a right-side-up image. Another more portable type is a box with an angled mirror projecting onto tracing paper placed on the glass top, the image being upright as viewed from the back.As the pinhole is made smaller, the image gets sharper, but the projected image becomes dimmer. With too small a pinhole, however, the sharpness worsens, due to diffraction. In practice, most camerae obscurae use a lens rather than a pinhole (as in a pinhole camera) because it allows a larger aperture, giving a usable brightness while maintaining focus. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.