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  Camera
The Fish-eye camera is simulated as a Standard camera pointed to an absolutely reflective sphere (with a radius of 1.0) that reflects the scene into the camera's shutter.
In the vertical direction the camera acts as a pinhole camera and in the horizontal direction it acts as a spherical camera.
Box - the box camera is simply 6 standard cameras placed on the sides of a box.
www.spot3d.com /vray/help/150R1/render_params_camera.htm   (1184 words)

  
  Box camera -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The box camera is, with the exception of the (Click link for more info and facts about pin hole camera) pin hole camera, a (Equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)) camera in its simplest form.
A box camera has a simple optical system, often only in the form of a simple meniscus (A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images) lens.
In the (The decade from 1950 to 1959) 1950s, box cameras with (Click link for more info and facts about photographic flash) photographic flash were introduced, allowing in-door photos.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/box_camera.htm   (322 words)

  
 Box Camera 101
When your roll is finished (different camera types have a different number of images per roll ; 6 - 8, usually?), wind past the end of the paper.
Open the camera in the darkroom, or an area with subdued light - the take-up spool may not have wound the film tightly.
This is why folks will sometimes state that their cameras are nice, "but the lens is missing".
www.merrillphoto.com /BoxCameraBasics/BoxCameraBasics.htm   (1085 words)

  
 Camera Installation
Box #31 is mounted on an incense cedar tree (Calocedrus decurrens) and box #21 is mounted on a Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa).
This camera is no longer available from Supercircuits but it can be bought through Circuit Specialists Inc. We chose this type of camera because it is the same type that Mark Stromberg, director of the Hastings Reserve, used in his bluebird nest box cam project.
We achieved this by putting a camera into an old detached nest box and adjusting the focus until we could read writing on the bottom of the box through a LCD pocket television which the camera was plugged into.
www.jamesreserve.edu /BluebirdSite/camera_installation.html   (1619 words)

  
 Mahogany Sliding Box Camera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The outer box is attached to a baseboard.
Focusing is accomplished by sliding the inner box until the scene appears sharp on the rear ground glass screen.
Daguerreian cameras that were modified to accommodate wet plates are now called "transitional" cameras by photo historians.
www.vintagephoto.tv /slidingbox.shtml   (449 words)

  
 The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Kodak camera was the invention of an American, George Eastman (1854-1932).
Advertised as 'the smallest, lightest and simplest of all Detective cameras' (a popular term of the 1880s for hand-held cameras), it was a simple wooden box six and a half inches long, three and three-quarters inches high and three and a quarter inches wide.
The true significance of the camera, which makes it a landmark in the history of photography is that it was the first stage in a complete system of amateur photography.
www.nmpft.org.uk /insight/onexhib_TheKodakCamera.asp   (820 words)

  
 Intersections: Chinese Box - Camera Box
Jean's struggle for the camera is in a sense a struggle for the right of representation, or at least a disruption of the self-conceited Western epistophilia for the Orient.
The camera tracks from her tranquil face, eyes closed, along her bare arm outside the sheet, down her legs toward the ankle, the arch of her bare foot, to the very tip of her toes.
In other words, the camera fetishisation does not only result from John's love, but more importantly, it is used to lure all viewers (female as well as male) to gaze at her voyeuristically.
wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au /intersections/issue3/wang2.html   (7262 words)

  
 The Sliding Box Camera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This type of camera focuses not by using a bellows to block the light as you move the lens in relation to the back, but by being made of two boxes, sliding over each other so as to make a light tight seal.
This camera is good for folks starting out using the Historic Processes (also know as Alt-photo processes) since these processes require you to have a negative the size of your finished print.
The Royce Sliding Box Camera is available in a number of different standard formats and any focal length you want, from extreme wide angle to extremely long.
home.sprynet.com /~roycecamera/SlidingBox.html   (453 words)

  
 Wooden Box Camera Obscuras from the Wilgus Collection page 1
That camera is identified as early 19th century.
It is 6" X 7" X 4" and the dovetailed box appears to be an amateur construction of unknown vintage.
This is the camera he takes to his history of photography class and is one of the cameras we use at workshops and demonstrations.
brightbytes.com /cosite/portable.html   (759 words)

  
 Birdbox Camera Kit - Wildlife Camera UK, Nestbox Camera, Bird Box Camera, Wildlife Surveillance Camera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The nest box camera takes a matter of minutes to setup and can also be plugged into a PC with an analogue video capture card.
The bird box camera is constructed with treated marine plywood to ensure it remains in good condition for many nesting seasons and has been made to specific size requirements to increase the likelihood of nesting taking place.
The birdbox camera has a built in transmitter with a range of approximately 100m, (dependant on obstructions) and is powerful enough to ensure picture quality remains excellent through walls, ceilings and floors.
www.pakatak.com /birdbox-camera.htm   (582 words)

  
 Picasso's Camera
A box camera belonging to Pablo Picasso at the start of the twentieth century has been unearthed with a roll of exposed film still inside.
It was with the camera given to him by his new friend Severini, with its cracked lens that distorted friends’ portraits, used in combination with a hand prism, that together helped lead Picasso toward the discovery of the first and most significant art movement of the 20
The box camera’s cracked lens caused the facial plane in Picasso’s photo-portraits to be broken themselves, and raised slightly on one side.
www.detroitmona.com /picasso's_camera.htm   (1771 words)

  
 Flickr: Discussing Box Camera? in Box Camera Revolution
However, I don't consider the Clack to be a box camera because of the projecting lens, despite an almost identical interior structure as true box cameras.
I think a box camera is a box camera, i.e., shaped like a box (be it plastic, metal or cardboard), with a fairly flat profile, minimal shutter controls, and pocessing fixed focus.
Well, the birth of the box camera was the original Kodak--back in the 1880s, when "Kodak" was the name of the camera: the maker was still called The Eastman Film and Dry Plate Company.
www.flickr.com /groups/boxcamera/discuss/72157594159614499   (1133 words)

  
 Agfa Synchro-Box (JM Surprenant)
Here’s a gem of a circa 1950s box camera that has a beautiful art deco front, and best of all, take panoramic 6x9 images on readily available 120 film.
Unlike many box cameras such as Kodak Brownies, which are constructed of plastic or even cardboard, the Synchro-Box is made of metal.
Like most box cameras, it has two brilliant viewfinders so the camera may be held for either portrait or landscape photographs.
jsurp.tripod.com /synchrobox.htm   (423 words)

  
 Beginners Guide To Understanding And Using A Brownie Box Camera by Peter Lutz
George Eastman took the simple operation of the box camera, combined it with a name and an advertising campaign that would appeal to children, sold it for a dollar and made millions.
Some later-model cameras were marketed as "Brownies" but since they took 127 roll film or "cartridge" film in the 126 or 110 sizes, they should not be considered proper "box-type" cameras.
The camera you are holding so lovingly in your hands was once cradled in the same way by another living person before you were born.
www.brownie-camera.com /articles/petelutz/article.shtml   (1987 words)

  
 Beginners Guide To Understanding And Using A Brownie Box Camera by Peter Lutz
George Eastman took the simple operation of the box camera, combined it with a name and an advertising campaign that would appeal to children, sold it for a dollar and made millions.
Some later-model cameras were marketed as "Brownies" but since they took 127 roll film or "cartridge" film in the 126 or 110 sizes, they should not be considered proper "box-type" cameras.
The camera you are holding so lovingly in your hands was once cradled in the same way by another living person before you were born.
www.angelfire.com /film/chuck9toe/articles/petelutz/article.html   (1976 words)

  
 The Photoshop CS Camera Raw Dialog Box > The Camera Raw Dialog Box   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Your digital camera has to do quite a bit of processing in order to turn the raw data from your camera into a JPEG or TIFF file (white balance, gamma, color profile, interpolation, sharpening, saturation, and other adjustments).
Camera Raw files are locked because they are designed to contain only the information that came from your digital camera; therefore, they cannot be directly modified after the photo is taken.
In the upper left of the dialog box, you'll find the familiar Zoom and Hand tools, along with an Eyedropper tool that works much like the middle eyedropper that is found in both the Levels and Curves dialog box (we covered them in Chapter 9, "Color Correction").
www.informit.com /articles/article.asp?p=174355   (6042 words)

  
 Pinhole camera, beseler pinhole camera, oatmeal box pinhole camera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Pinhole camera, beseler pinhole camera, oatmeal box pinhole camera
A pinhole camera is simply a box with a tiny hole in one side and some film...
Real pinhole cameras (ones that use only the pinhole as a lens) are known fortheir extreme depth of field, and time exposures can be done to compensate for...
www.goldcheese.com /pinhole-camera.html   (1115 words)

  
 Waterproof Digital Camera - Tech Gear - Cameras - Travel Gear Blog
I’m going to assume for a minute that the design of the waterproof digital camera came about for logical reason and not as a security feature for travelers who are prone to dropping their cameras into glasses of beer.
I suppose I could keep a regular digital camera in a dry box, but that has so many draw backs.
These new waterproof cameras are a God send.
www.travelgearblog.com /archive/waterproof-digital-camera.html   (418 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk Guides - Bird box camera nest cam
Some bird nest boxes have the camera mounted in the pitched roof, if the bird nest box also has a wide anle 2.1mm lens, you will be able to see the entrance hole to the bird nest box.
Boxes for bluetits, sparrows or starlings should be fixed two to four metres up a tree or a wall.
Unless there are trees and buildings which shade the box during the day, face the box between north and east, thus avoiding strong sunlight and the wettest winds.
reviews.ebay.co.uk /Guide-to-Buying-a-Bird-Nesting-Box-with-Camera_W0QQugidZ10000000001114744   (1945 words)

  
 box camera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Of course, all cameras are time machines in that they let us examine the details of past events, but an old camera has a special capacity to connect us to a particular history through its scrapes and dents and the manner by which it has been acquired.
At the proper distance, the lens of the box camera records details adequately while also bringing out subtle tonal gradations that help to define the the designs without obscuring the textures of the natural world in which the petroglyphs are embedded.
While the camera is relatively simple in design and operation, the amount of work that goes into bringing a box camera image to life inspires me to devote a good deal more effort to the whole process of image making than I was previously used to.
www.bluetyger.ca /issue20/boxcamera.htm   (1184 words)

  
 Wooden Box Camera Obscuras from the Wilgus Collection page 1
It was the magical, fugitive images that appeared on the ground glass of the camera obscura that inspired the search for a way to fix these beautiful, perfect images of the world.
We have noticed a mahogany box camera obscura with the same style of hinge and very similar in appearance on the web site for the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Oxford in England.
This is the camera he takes to his history of photography class and is one of the cameras we use at workshops and demonstrations.
www.brightbytes.com /cosite/portable.html   (759 words)

  
 How to set up a bird box camera inside a nest box - Install a camera, for blue tit, great tit, house sparrow boxes etc
These 'mini cameras' are much easier to install than a 'board camera' but the resolution of the fl and white 117A is lower (380 lines compared with the 3046LA at 420 lines).
This board camera, shown with a 10p coin for size comparison, is easily concealed in the roof space of a bird box.
The camera is only 35mm square, produces fl and white images, has low light sensitivity, (but no infra red LEDs), a built in microphone, high resolution (420 lines), adjustable lens focus and is powered from a 12 volt transformer supply.
www.beautifulbritain.co.uk /htm/wildlife_gardening/bluetitcam.htm   (1161 words)

  
 oatmeal box pinhole camera
Use a cylindrical cardboard box, such as an oatmeal or cornmeal container.
Tape it to the box at the top so it can be flapped up or down, or devise something more sophisticated, such as moving the shutter up and down on cardboard runners.
Pinhole cameras can be made out of any light tight containers, such as shoe boxes, film cans, specially made containers, even hats and houses.
www.astro.wisc.edu /~mukluk/pin.html   (1107 words)

  
 :CameraOfTheMonth:
The original was a box camera and Kodak continued to produce Box Brownies until the late 50s or early 60s.
The box camera is, like its name suggests, a camera in the shape of a box.
The Box Brownies, through the ages, originally retailed between $1 and $5 USD, and because of this low, low price, millions were sold and I imagine that, although a large portion of these were thrown out or otherwise destroyed, there are still millions out there to be had.
www.cameraofthemonth.com /articles/KodakBrownie.asp   (1510 words)

  
 FILE Magazine ~ The Toy Camera Contest
Toy cameras are simple, inexpensive film box cameras made almost entirely out of plastic, often including the lens.
The Diana, an inexpensive 1960s 4x4cm novelty box camera from Hong Kong, is typically the camera most associated with the term 'toy camera'.
Smiley Cam is a pinhole camera that uses 110 film to shoot pictures from inside your mouth.
www.filemagazine.com /toycamera/tccontest.html   (643 words)

  
 CCTV Camera, Color Dome Camera, Outdoor Camera, 16 Channel DVR
Box cameras are the most essential and basic part of any surveillance or security system.
Planet Security offers a number of options in box cameras as well as dome cameras for you to choose from for all of your outdoor camera system needs.
These two types of cameras are the most widely used in security systems and have the highest level of versatility.
www.planetsecurityusa.com /products/cameras/box/box.html   (230 words)

  
 box camera definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
box camera definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
Search for "box camera" in all of MSN Encarta
simple box-shaped camera: a camera shaped like a box, with a simple lens that has a fixed focus and a single shutter speed
encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861686590/box_camera.html   (99 words)

  
 401   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Kodak camera, the first camera designed to use roll film, came with the film already installed.
After the purchaser took 100 pictures, the camera had to be returned to the factory, where the film was removed and processed and new film was installed.
Cumbersome by modern standards, the camera seemed a marvel at the time.
sravisht.tripod.com /401.htm   (87 words)

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