Re: pinhole camera at science fair

Wow, I love the gym idea - how about they build a camera obscura for the
judges to walk into, and while in there they explain their research... a
couple of refrigerator crates would do it.

Of course they could also do a slit, different pinhole shapes like stars
or lightning bolts...

Ed

Thom Mitchell wrote:
> camera distance to subject distortion -
> camera obscura creation - imagine if they did the entire
> cafeteria/gym/room?
> They could recreate Abelardo Morell's picture of a lightbulb projected
> through lens into a box forming two images of a lightbulb. - not really
> an experiment but a very interesting illustration of the process.
>
> I wonder if you had any influence on her choice of a project....
>
> Good luck to you both.
> -t
>
>
> Gordon J. Holtslander wrote:
>> Hi all:
>>
>> My daughter has decided to do a project on pinhole cameras at her
>> grade 6 science fair.
>>
>> They need to do experimental sort of work - not just make a pinhole
>> camera and show their pictures.
>>
>> I've suggested obvious things - determining the effect of different
>> pinhole sizes, distance of film from pinhole, alignment of film in
>> camere, different camera designs.
>>
>> Any other pinhole experiments a couple of grade six students could do?
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