How does a pinhole camera work? Construct a model of a pinhole camera and investigate the characteristics of the pictures taken with it
Principle
The construction of pinhole cameras is fairly easy. Usually, for students it is a lot of fun constructing and experimenting with those. It is thus advisable to let them construct a camera for homework.
The advantage of the experiment with the pinhole camera model is that exact investigations of the conditions influencing the image quality can be performed.
Benefits
Tasks
How does a pinhole camera work? Construct a model of a pinhole camera and investigate the characteristics of the pictures taken with it.
Device name | Article no. | Quantity |
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Optical profile-bench for student experiments, l = 600 mm | 08376-00 | 1 |
Light box, halogen 12V/20 W | 09801-00 | 1 |
Bottom with stem for light box | 09802-20 | 1 |
Diaphragms, d 1, 2, 3, 5 mm | 09815-00 | 1 |
Slide mount for optical bench | 09822-00 | 1 |
Mount with scale on slide mount | 09823-00 | 1 |
Screen, white, 150×150 mm | 09826-00 | 1 |
Diaphragm holder, attachable | 11604-09 | 1 |
Glass-beaded object in L”-form | 11609-00 | 1 |
PHYWE Power supply, 230 V,DC: 0…12 V, 2 A / AC: 6 V, 12 V, 5 A | 13506-93 | 1 |
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