How to Turn a Room into a Camera Obscura

Want to turn a room into a camera obscura? Nick Marshall, manager of exhibitions and programs, shares how you can do this with objects found around your home! PDF instructions available at eastman.org/activities.
A camera obscura is an optical device that makes a projection from the light entering a darkened space through a small hole (or aperture). Inside the camera obscura, viewers will see whatever happens to be in front of the aperture, the only difference is that the projection looks upside down and backwards. Before photography, the camera obscura was used to more perfectly illustrate images, as one could trace what appeared projected on the wall.

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  • @user-jv2lg5ti7n
    @user-jv2lg5ti7n Жыл бұрын

    I am a middle school teacher. Next week I'm gonna talk about photography in class and this excellent video is just what I'm looking for . Thank u for making this! I'm about to share your video with my students. 👍

  • @salmaeliela3329
    @salmaeliela33293 жыл бұрын

    WOOOOAAAAHHHHH, this is insane. I was struggling to grasp the concept just by reading about it, but this helped so much. Completely changed my perspective on image. Thank you so much for making this !

  • @CYRiPKK1
    @CYRiPKK14 жыл бұрын

    Best quarantine project. Thanks for the detailed explanation.

  • @JewelRiders

    @JewelRiders

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you end up doing it? How did it go?

  • @pokiro1698

    @pokiro1698

    3 жыл бұрын

    UPDATE US

  • @coyotekid1389

    @coyotekid1389

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bruh I’m watching this in class

  • @jewishmafia9801
    @jewishmafia98013 жыл бұрын

    Neighbours watching you put bags on the windows like you're about to kill somebody

  • @kuolettavaVids

    @kuolettavaVids

    3 ай бұрын

    Or just a shift worker, although most just use blackout curtains.

  • @naordaniel
    @naordaniel Жыл бұрын

    whhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooowww!!!!!! I can't believe it, I thought I will see small shadows at best!! this is unbelievable! you get a full picture with colours!! going to be trying it just so I can see it with my own eyes! THANK YOU!

  • @xjmax269
    @xjmax2693 жыл бұрын

    wait for it... this video is gonna blow up after the new Daily Dose of Internet video just went up

  • @dchhabz17

    @dchhabz17

    3 жыл бұрын

    ikrrr

  • @Roguedispatcher

    @Roguedispatcher

    3 жыл бұрын

    I just came from over there. Didn’t even finish the video I was so fascinated

  • @dchhabz17

    @dchhabz17

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Roguedispatcher ikr

  • @xjmax269

    @xjmax269

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Roguedispatcher same lmao... i was like "i feel as if a bunch of other people are going to do the same as me", so i took advantage by commenting that before everyone else does

  • @wxlrider

    @wxlrider

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @kanduyog1182
    @kanduyog1182 Жыл бұрын

    Damn, this is probably the best and most immersive demonstration of a camera obscura I've ever seen, granted I've only seen three but still!

  • @n1nja-m0n50
    @n1nja-m0n503 жыл бұрын

    The fact that his cat is on the bed thats just so cute

  • @hilman94

    @hilman94

    2 жыл бұрын

    yepp... he's the star of the show :D

  • @aldanatpwk9358
    @aldanatpwk93583 жыл бұрын

    my window accidentally created a camera obscura, but the sun was on the side of the window so all i could see was the sun and clouds passing by, it was beautiful tho

  • @suedawalker8934

    @suedawalker8934

    3 жыл бұрын

    omg

  • @FindMeInsanity

    @FindMeInsanity

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds dope! mind posting it somewhere and sharing the link with us??

  • @aldanatpwk9358

    @aldanatpwk9358

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FindMeInsanity I'll have to check if i still got the videos, but i have to say it wasn't as cool as it sounds, you couldn't see color like the blue from the sky, all you could see was a circle of light (the sun) and some clouds passing over the sun and by the sides, I'll let you know if i find the video

  • @aldanatpwk9358

    @aldanatpwk9358

    3 жыл бұрын

    so i did some research and actually my window created a pinhole camera, which is kinda like a camera obscura but like reverse i guess, they're mainly used for watching solar eclipses so there's a lot of videos on how to make one! i found the results of this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooie3LWsm5eyp5s.html the more similar to what i experienced in my room, but if you still want to watch what i recorded then i can upload it to youtube if you'd like

  • @hrperformance

    @hrperformance

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@aldanatpwk9358 awesome! Thank you!

  • @pabloescobar2770
    @pabloescobar27703 жыл бұрын

    Haha, one day I was taking a nap on my room and I saw that my windows were making a reflection of the cars outside of my home. It was cool.

  • @dino3l597
    @dino3l597 Жыл бұрын

    World is Magic! And smart people are Magicians! 😍😍😍 From art to Engineering🌻 thank you so much for taking my simple mind closer to understanding this magic

  • @joieva
    @joieva2 жыл бұрын

    This is the best explanation I found! This kind of remind me of Sheldon Cooper's fun with flags though😀

  • @darcyasher2716
    @darcyasher27162 жыл бұрын

    Good video. Nice job, Nick!

  • @yaboi-km2qn
    @yaboi-km2qn3 жыл бұрын

    sunny day? I live in England.

  • @angelazou1530
    @angelazou15303 жыл бұрын

    Stunning!

  • @FOURWORDCREATIVE
    @FOURWORDCREATIVE5 ай бұрын

    That was AWESOME! i LOVE that and appreciate that! i used that to show my 5 year old curious guy about the origin of the camera basically

  • @yakadoodledongywongy8718
    @yakadoodledongywongy87183 жыл бұрын

    A lense that would turn the image upside down would be fun.

  • @ThinkerTinker74

    @ThinkerTinker74

    Жыл бұрын

    Would it work to use a mirror above your eyes to look through at the image in front of you?

  • @greysonrivers
    @greysonrivers9 ай бұрын

    I needed this for my assignment I was sick so my professor couldn’t tell me how and he wasn’t available for Zoom so this helped a lot!

  • @rpn000rpnca
    @rpn000rpnca4 жыл бұрын

    When I was kid, I made my bathroom into a camera obscura. I used tape and aluminum wrap. Made a hole with a needle.

  • @mattariety955
    @mattariety9553 жыл бұрын

    this was amazing

  • @craigharrison1274
    @craigharrison12742 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @MrCk0212
    @MrCk0212 Жыл бұрын

    1:37 North-facing window for northern hemisphere and south-facing window for southern hemisphere.

  • @hamzaesenli
    @hamzaesenli2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much

  • @mariadladavila
    @mariadladavila2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing I really wanna do it 😍

  • @JewelRiders
    @JewelRiders3 жыл бұрын

    Very cool!

  • @arianrahman4840
    @arianrahman48403 жыл бұрын

    Waiting for this to blow up

  • @triamiciphotographyacademy2212
    @triamiciphotographyacademy22124 ай бұрын

    Thats rocks!

  • @krishnansrinivasan830
    @krishnansrinivasan830 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome & Thanks :)

  • @diane_2076
    @diane_20768 ай бұрын

    ahh its so cool I wanna try it when I have my own room

  • @hohurnham7583
    @hohurnham758310 ай бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @noelalexisshaw-nas-noz5142
    @noelalexisshaw-nas-noz51422 жыл бұрын

    Superb...Thankyou for Sharing, answers so many Questions about Our Hidden and Distorted History...Much Love and Peace My Friend...🤜🏼❤🤛🏿

  • @flywithanon9018
    @flywithanon90183 жыл бұрын

    Instructions are unclear, accidentially open a meth lab

  • @petronhopaula5505
    @petronhopaula55053 жыл бұрын

    amazing

  • @ivegotpetercriss
    @ivegotpetercriss3 жыл бұрын

    4:20 video length posted on April 20th. Nice

  • @annachovanova2993

    @annachovanova2993

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @dominusanuli3595

    @dominusanuli3595

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @peaceandlove22999

    @peaceandlove22999

    2 жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @diwrnod

    @diwrnod

    2 жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @arandomyoutuber6634
    @arandomyoutuber66343 жыл бұрын

    thats pretty cool

  • @psiloki9054
    @psiloki90543 жыл бұрын

    This happens in my room every day at a certain time.

  • @suedawalker8934
    @suedawalker89343 жыл бұрын

    okay gonna try

  • @NasserAlhameli
    @NasserAlhameli Жыл бұрын

    Ibn al-Haytham who first discoverd it as they say.. Very helpful video

  • @pheminismisshit4571
    @pheminismisshit45713 жыл бұрын

    super it gives a theatre exp

  • @janvisser8452
    @janvisser84523 жыл бұрын

    No, it doesn't sound boring..

  • @Scarz733
    @Scarz7333 жыл бұрын

    Ahhhhh now I see how to create this from DailyDoseofInternets video, nice man

  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n4 жыл бұрын

    I've noticed that just a roller shade cracked open a bit will be you an upside down image on the wall.

  • @Alex-op2kc
    @Alex-op2kc3 жыл бұрын

    Trippy

  • @fifi3568
    @fifi35683 жыл бұрын

    I did it it is up right now but it is super dark I’m not sure what I can do do I make a bigger hole in the trash bag?

  • @courtneydudleysimone
    @courtneydudleysimone4 ай бұрын

    Does anyone know if this would work if you made a light tight box inside inside of a room lit with like regular lighting? For example does the image need to come from a very sunny day or would indoor lighting work to create an image inside the box inside the indoor room

  • @mbrp5107
    @mbrp51073 жыл бұрын

    me living in equator: guess i need to move my window to the ceiling

  • @diwrnod

    @diwrnod

    2 жыл бұрын

    He said to pick a north-facing window, so the sun is on the opposite side of the house as much as possible. The sun should be shining directly on what you are trying to capture through the camera obscura, but not into the room itself. Being on the equator would actually make this a lot easier, because you could use a south-facing window as well.

  • @mbrp5107

    @mbrp5107

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@diwrnod if you live in the equator, the sun is directly above your head, so if you want to get as much as sun light, the best way is to get a window on the rooftop lol maybe i confused the word 'ceiling' with 'rooftop'

  • @alondraacosta-mora6504
    @alondraacosta-mora6504 Жыл бұрын

    What lense did you got please can you share!!!

  • @kidnamedgrass
    @kidnamedgrass2 жыл бұрын

    There used to be a hole in my window that projects things inverted inside

  • @henrys.235
    @henrys.2353 жыл бұрын

    Your voice almost sounds like Napoleon Dynamite in the beginning

  • @agripinams9592
    @agripinams95923 жыл бұрын

    Hello, everyone. This is your daily douse of *quarantine* .

  • @burtgundy796

    @burtgundy796

    3 жыл бұрын

    dose btw

  • @berkexan4117
    @berkexan41172 жыл бұрын

    It possible to flip the image upright by putting a lense in front of the focus point?

  • @ChrisPBacon1434

    @ChrisPBacon1434

    2 жыл бұрын

    Idk but you can just flip the world outside upside down and ot should appear upright

  • @jimthebossdubs2398

    @jimthebossdubs2398

    Ай бұрын

    No, lenses still see "upside down." The only reason we see images the way our eyes see them is because on something like an SLR, there's a mirror or prism showing us such through a viewfinder. On digital cameras, the firmware is programmed to show it on the back screen.

  • @dlasky
    @dlasky3 жыл бұрын

    Instructions are unclear. I sealed all the openings in my bedroom including the ventilation and accidentally suffocated to death

  • @franzliszt8957

    @franzliszt8957

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, apparently you came back to life so that's fine.

  • @coyotekid1389

    @coyotekid1389

    3 жыл бұрын

    ye at least ur ok

  • @Insert639

    @Insert639

    3 жыл бұрын

    paramedics 1, 2 and 3 arrive on scene paramedic 1 approaches victim **checks pulse** **looks up** **shakes head😞**

  • @Bri-ne8nx
    @Bri-ne8nx3 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else here from tiktok lol

  • @vaniabaltazar4719

    @vaniabaltazar4719

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bri • me lol

  • @karlaf0723

    @karlaf0723

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me

  • @josephmodesitt

    @josephmodesitt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sup

  • @janitaf1351

    @janitaf1351

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @matilda1744

    @matilda1744

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lmao, caught red handed

  • @mubashirtanwar8674
    @mubashirtanwar86743 жыл бұрын

    Here before daily dose

  • @alexandrayakovleva1438
    @alexandrayakovleva14387 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Still confused why does it project upside down. What reverts it?

  • @TONE11111

    @TONE11111

    4 ай бұрын

    light travels in beams/straight lines, so the light from the foot of a tree goes upward, from the treetop, down to bottom of the image, creating the inverted picture.

  • @CobDaGOAT
    @CobDaGOATАй бұрын

    Is there a way to turn the image back right side up like our brain does?

  • @mistyz0ne
    @mistyz0ne3 жыл бұрын

    how does the image have the window lines?

  • @diwrnod

    @diwrnod

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because he has a sash window and the light is blocked by the rail of the sash before it passes through the aperture.

  • @MrDagassman
    @MrDagassman3 жыл бұрын

    Towel under the door for camera obscure. Surrrrreee

  • @alondraacosta-mora6504
    @alondraacosta-mora6504 Жыл бұрын

    I tried but I don’t know why is not working maybe it is the lense that is not strong enough

  • @davidlian1301
    @davidlian13013 жыл бұрын

    How to reverse the image?

  • @dominusanuli3595

    @dominusanuli3595

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can either get a lens that flips it or you can look upside down. Other than that it'll stay the same. Beautiful af tho.

  • @joemanning8564
    @joemanning85643 жыл бұрын

    daily dose of internet lol

  • @nylon1458
    @nylon145810 ай бұрын

    Tried to make this in my room, it kinda worked, but it's all just black lol, no color at all

  • @christianbishop6524
    @christianbishop65243 жыл бұрын

    Could you do this with tinfoil? I've thought about doing this for sooo long

  • @GeorgeEastmanMuseum

    @GeorgeEastmanMuseum

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Tinfoil would work as well.

  • @AbdiPianoChannel
    @AbdiPianoChannel10 ай бұрын

    I accidentally discovered the camera obscura at very young age in early 70s I was little scientist when I was 6 to 14 years old.

  • @timothymatthews6458

    @timothymatthews6458

    6 ай бұрын

    your old lol

  • @AbdiPianoChannel

    @AbdiPianoChannel

    6 ай бұрын

    @@timothymatthews6458 I am old. I will be 54 in few months.

  • @Edvinaronson
    @Edvinaronson3 жыл бұрын

    And then?

  • @rodriguezahr
    @rodriguezahr Жыл бұрын

    Good demonstration of the amazing discovery of an Iraqi astronomer, Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham, 1000 years ago!

  • @ayyildiz1523
    @ayyildiz15232 жыл бұрын

    Ibn Al-Haytham had discovered that.

  • @yahirsvega323
    @yahirsvega3233 жыл бұрын

    Here from Daily dose of internet

  • @Generasi_frustasi_13
    @Generasi_frustasi_133 жыл бұрын

    theory created by Ibn Al_Haythan

  • @BeatsBrowne
    @BeatsBrowne3 жыл бұрын

    Here from daily fose of internet

  • @dedsec4477
    @dedsec44773 жыл бұрын

    I don't need dis I just need a blanket

  • @duoiskurogane7832
    @duoiskurogane78323 жыл бұрын

    Free cctv

  • @jpmvidal
    @jpmvidal Жыл бұрын

    This is the technique that was used in order to create the shroud of Turin. It was a cleverly made photograph made during the renaissance as follows: the shroud was covered with a light sensitive chemical made of silver and it was placed within a camera oscura. The subject on the image of the shroud was standing outside the wall. The shroud was then exposed twice to light, one for the body and another one for the face. In that way, the face will be proportional and not elongated due to the large focal point which caused a significant curvature on the longitudinal extremes of the image. However, such distortion did affect the overall image and can be noticed on the feet of the subject, as the feet are not proportional but elongated due to this field curvature. Overall, the shroud of Turin is the oldest photograph in the world and should be displayed in a science museum.

  • @Jarppispecial
    @Jarppispecial3 жыл бұрын

    Who came here from the new Daily Dose of Internet video?

  • @molestedmango
    @molestedmango3 жыл бұрын

    Poor cat

  • @LuqmanKhan-ug6ei
    @LuqmanKhan-ug6ei3 жыл бұрын

    People who came from the daily dose of internet

  • @xjmax269

    @xjmax269

    3 жыл бұрын

    sorry bud, I was here before you

  • @ethanbruce7647
    @ethanbruce7647 Жыл бұрын

    You can see so much outside, but no inside gets outside...

  • @yayitstougs
    @yayitstougs11 ай бұрын

    Who else came here from the movie wonder?

  • @franciscadonosoallie
    @franciscadonosoallie Жыл бұрын

    Hello, we are trying to make a xamara obscura for an art exhibit. Can we contact someone for questions?

  • @normalbutyl
    @normalbutyl3 жыл бұрын

    Rubs hands like birdman

  • @Obi396
    @Obi3964 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, but the basis of this pinhole experiment was first accredited many centuries earlier to the Iraqi scientist Ibn al-Haytham, known as Alhazen in the West, who was born in the 10th century and now considered to be the “Father of Modern Optics”.

  • @mjmajin

    @mjmajin

    3 жыл бұрын

    men so gay calling everyone the "father of [...]"

  • @zurienda1

    @zurienda1

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/haGJxbytgLSshLw.html You're right.

  • @knicks403
    @knicks4033 жыл бұрын

    science 10? uo d ka nagiisa

  • @helgywolf2111
    @helgywolf2111 Жыл бұрын

    What. The. Fuck. It's to early for this shit

  • @habibbalkc334
    @habibbalkc3343 жыл бұрын

    Camera obscura is Ibn Al-Haytham! Not French.

  • @anonymous2238

    @anonymous2238

    Жыл бұрын

    Ancient Chinese and Aristotle discovered this before BC.

  • @spottemgottem9232
    @spottemgottem9232 Жыл бұрын

    i just did this and it turned out horrible 😂

  • @ThinkerTinker74
    @ThinkerTinker74 Жыл бұрын

    @user-jv2lg5ti7n @CYRiPKK1 Yup, optics and wavelength-physics. Add two magnifying glasses with a regular sheet of paper and you have a telescope to peep on your neighbors without them noticing an actual telescope in your window. Isn't that a freaky thought!?... anyway, instead of covering the window and using a white bedsheet, set one magnifying glass on a table facing the window, stand a sheet of (white) paper behind the magnifying glass, you might notice 'something' on the paper when it's not too far, nor too close to the magnifying glass. Now, use your other magnifying glass to "adjust the focus" on your sheet of paper. The darker the room, the brighter the image. To improve the visibility of the image, you can cover the home-made telescope with a thick dark as possible (light-blocking) linen/clothing such as a blanket or your coat/jacket and look at the image by putting your head under the linen/clothing. You adjust the focus by adjusting the position of the paper and magnifying glass. This set-up makes it a bit difficult to see the moon and stars straight up, but you can see daylight images of whatever is outside the window. If the window image is too small on the paper, move the whole table closer to the window. When you have your clearest image, note the distance between the paper and magnifying glasses and then set-up a styrofoam to hold your apparatus up and enjoy hands free. Painting the styrofoam matte black will help with image clarity. The less light pollution, the clearer the image. Just like a real telescope. Bring the whole telescope closer to the window and you can cover the window, around the telescope's range of view, to reduce ambiant light inside even more. If the room is completely dark (hardly possible), you don't even need to cover the images. I've done this in college physics class on a bright sunny day, sun overhead and slightly behind, and windows were completely uncovered. No funds for blinds lol. It still worked. Point the camera north in the northern hemisphere and south if you're in the southern hemisphere. Putting a question out. Would this trick work in outerspace?