| Camera
Obscura during the Renaissance |
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| • | Leonardo da
Vinci (1452-1519) describes pinhole image |
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| formation in
his “Codex atlanticus” (1502) |
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| • | Gemma Frisius
(1508-1555), an astronomer, uses the pinhole |
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| in his darkened
room to study the solar eclipse of 1544. |
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| • | Giovanni
Battista della Porta (1538-1615) describes the |
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| camera obscura
in his “Magiae Naturalis” (1558) |
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| • | Johannes Kepler
(1571-1630) coins the term “Camera |
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| obscura” and
invents a portable camera obscura |
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| • | The Camera
Obscura is being used by both artists and |
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| scientists |
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