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Camera Obscura
CAMERA OBSCURA CAMERA OBSCURA. The camera obscura is an optical instrument that was the forerunner of the modern photographic camera. It can range in size from a small tabletop device to a room-size chamber. The term is Latin for 'dark room', which describes the simplest form of the camera... Read more |
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Cameras
Camera Lens Background The camera lens is an invention that attempts to duplicate the operation of the human eye. Just like the eye, the lens sees an image, focuses it, and transmits its colors, sharpness, and brightness through the camera to the photographic... Read more |
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George Eastman
George Eastman 1854-1932, American inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, b. Waterville, N.Y. By mass production of his photographic inventions, Eastman enormously stimulated the development of photography as a popular hobby. He invented a dry-plate process and established (1880) a factory at... Read more |
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Cameras in Court
CAMERAS IN COURT Cameras and courtrooms have long had an uneasy relationship. Blaming cameras for disrupting trials, the american bar association (ABA) led the drive for their removal in the mid-1930s. The effort succeeded: all but two state courts banned them, and Congress prohibited them from all... Read more |
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camera
camera lightproof box or container, usually fitted with a lens, which gathers incoming light and concentrates it so that it can be directed toward the film (in an optical camera) or the imaging device (in a digital camera) contained within. Today there are many different types of camera in use, all... Read more |
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William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston 1766-1828, English scientist, M.D. Cambridge, 1793. His wide-ranging scientific achievements include the discovery (1802) of the dark lines (Fraunhofer lines) in the solar spectrum; invention of the reflecting goniometer (an instrument by which the angles of crystals are... Read more |
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Reed Smoot
Smoot, ReedPERSONALEducation: Attended Brigham Young University. Religion: Mormon.Addresses:Agent—Judy Marks Agency, 119 ½ N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004.Career:Cinematographer and camera operator.Member:American Society of Cinematographers.Awards, Honors:Giant Screen Theater Association... Read more |
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spectroscope
spectroscope optical instrument for producing spectral lines and measuring their wavelengths and intensities, used in spectral analysis (see spectrum ). When a material is heated to incandescence it emits light that is characteristic of the atomic makeup of the material. In the original... Read more |
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Your Digital Camera within the 21st Century.
...PRWEB) January 5, 2011 The 21st Century has sparked a whole lot of ideas...how has introduced the digital camera and video expertise to the everyday...seen before. Cell phones video cameras and digital cameras are very affordable now-a... |
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HISTORIC STATUE TO GET 21st CENTURY DEFENCES; Floodlights, CCTV cameras and...
...of standing guard over the town once more - armed with 21st century "defences". The original 1 1/2 tonne statue was...of security lights with the added protection of CCTV cameras. And the borough council has revealed another "defence... |
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Grange Hill rises out of the ashes in Merseyside; Cameras roll as soap enters...
Byline: Chris Brown IT WAS meant to be a summer sports day at London's most famous television school. In fact it was a chilly Liverpool suburb in the middle of November. Trudging through mud, a strong breeze and wintery showers a group of young actors yesterday created Grange Hill, 2002 style. The |
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This is your life; CAMERAS TRACK REALITY OF IRISH KIDS IN 21ST...
...see TV event of the century. And if you miss an episode...goes on for SIX YEARS. 21st Century Child, RTE...pregnant mums are caught on camera. Just like smash hit...Times and Seven Up!, 21st Century Child will be...like to ... |
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Rolleiflex 6008 AF: new medium-format SLR for 21st century.(an in-depth...
...single lens reflex cameras, introduces a new camera for the 21st century--the Rolleiflex...medium format the camera offers, as well...plus Bulb. The camera features aperture...Rollei 6000 Series cameras have ... |
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Caught on camera - the Roman road that has become a 21st century ruin.(News)
A TWO-mile stretch of an historic Birmingham road built by the Romans is being blighted by flytippers. Now council chiefs have pledged to crack down on the fly-tippers who are scarring one of the most historic highways in the country. Photographer Tony Flanagan became so incensed by dumpers at |
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Cameras, please Congress should push federal courts into 21st...
...Stephen Breyer said cameras would weaken the...body. It's the 21st century. Everyone else...journalists with cameras come tromping into...be that only one camera is let in, with...coverage. Indeed the camera itself could ... |
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21ST-CENTURY AMERICA: ; Smile, youre on candid camera; Taping of police...
...Maybe not, if the arrest is caught on camera. As cell phones that take photos and...and accepted a ticket, but his helmet camera was running during the arrest. Graber...not be surprised to find themselves on camera. "I want my officers, myself included... |
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Mattel Media Leads the Girl's Software Market into the 21st Century with...
...the highly anticipated release of the BARBIE(R) PHOTO DESIGNER DIGITAL CAMERA & CD-ROM. A real film-free, digital camera designed specifically for girls, this camera allows girls to take color photos and play with the CD-ROM to instantly... |
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Two Orange County, Calif., Men Find a Growing Livelihood in Hidden...
...from wiring a hidden camera into a smoke detector...price of a hidden-camera clock-radio, for...book on surveillance cameras. "The 21st century will be full of cameras, period. Our only...that says, "Nanny ... |