camera obscura
optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen
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Summary
camera obscura is a still camera[1]. It draws 10,178 Wikipedia views per month (still camera category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: optical instrument[3]
- Commons category: Camera obscura[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Camera obscuras[5]
- Described at URL: https://www.accademiatf.eu/post/la-camera-obscura-come-tecnica-di-ripresa[6], https://www.hsm.ox.ac.uk/camera-obscura[7]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
- Different from: Camera obscura[10]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for camera obscura include Laughter in the Dark[12], a literary work[13], founded in 1931[14], written by Vladimir Nabokov[15].
Why It Matters
camera obscura has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]
Entities named for it include Laughter in the Dark[12], a literary work[13], founded in 1931[14], written by Vladimir Nabokov[15].