Research topic: still photography

still photography science and art of making permanent images on light-sensitive materials. See also photographic processing ; motion picture photography ; motion pictures . Early Developments The camera itself is based on optical principles known at least since the age of Aristotle; indeed, a filmless version was in use in the mid-1500s as a sketching device for artists. Called the camera obscura (Lat.,=dark chamber), it consisted of a small, lightproof box with a pinhole or lens on one side and a translucent screen on the opposite side. This screen registered, in a... Read more