The pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens that uses a small aperture to project an inverted image. The Persian scientist Alhazen first wrote about and studied naturally occurring pinhole cameras in the 11th century. He discovered that a smaller pinhole creates a sharper image. In 1827, Joseph Nicephore Niepce created the first photograph using a camera obscura, demonstrating the photographic capabilities of the simple pinhole camera design.

1. The History of the Pinhole
Camera
BY: D.L. AND A.L

2. What is the pinhole camera?
 It is a simple camera without a lens and with a
single small aperture
 Light proof box with a small hole in one side
 Light from a scene passes through a single point
and projects an inverted image on the opposite
side of the box

3. The Invention
 Alhazen (Persian Scientist) wrote about naturally
occurring pinhole cameras like wicker basket slits
or crossing tree leaves
 Pinhole images of the sun make the camera
possible
 Alhazen figured out that the smaller the pinhole
the sharper the image

4. Ways to use
 You can use a closed container with a hole in it so
that light passes through to create an image
 Tree leaves have shapes in between them and the
light comes through making a perfect projection of
the sun

5. Time Periods
 The 4th century was the beginning of the pinhole
camera and Aristotle was the one who mentioned it
 The entire technique was brought about in the
thirteenth and fourteenth century

6. The First Photograph
 In 1827 Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first ever
photographic image with the aid of a camera obscura
 Prior to this, the people used the obscura to draw or
view things

7. Sources
 http://www.pinholetours.com/history%20of%20pin
hole/history%20of%20pinhole.html
 http://www.corinehormann.nl/History%20of%20th
e%20Pinhole.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera