First & Last Camera

Eli Whitney Museum

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2008 Summer Program

Begin with a pinhole camera obscura, used by the Greeks as early as 300 BC. Learn optics as you add a lens, viewing screen, and mirror. Make a working single lens reflex camera, then develop and print your own pictures.

First and Last Camera 1

First and Last Camera 1

First and Last Camera 2

First and Last Camera 2

First and Last Camera 3

First and Last Camera 3


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