pinhole camera
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pinhole camera
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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If you don't have access to eclipse glasses, you can create a simple pinhole camera with just two sheets of cardboard or even use a colander to project the Sun's image safely onto the ground.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
I walked over to the Oclipsinator, a large pinhole camera that projected the eclipse onto a white card.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2024
If you cannot get one, make a pinhole camera and project the Sun's disk onto paper or another surface.
From DOGO News ● Oct. 10, 2023
In particular, he revived an idea first floated in the 1920s that Vermeer made his paintings from inside a room-size camera obscura, a device that operates like a pinhole camera.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
The pinhole camera concealed in the locator had worked perfectly.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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