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What Is the Idea of a Camera?
A pinhole camera is a room with a tiny hole in it that can be pointed at an external object. One puts a lens by the whole you can bring the image to a focus, and with an arrangement of mirrors, the image can be turned right side up. That's an ancient technology. It has been known for centur s. And what was important, i think, about the very idea of the camera was that it was very widespread. But it didn't seem to gather any force in those early days.