Kraul Learning Kit: Camera Obscura

Every modern camera is still a camera obscura. The principle of the "pinhole camera" has been known since "the ancient Greeks", at least 2300 years ago. With the invention of ground glass lenses 400 years ago, the camera obscura became a practical tool for painters who wanted to draw as accurate a picture of nature as possible. Resourceful scientists eventually turned it into "cameras". With this experimental kit, you build your own camera obscura, experiment with a glass lens, learn the inventors' old tricks and how today's cameras work.

Recommended age: from 10 years, with help from 8 years.

Dimensions: L 22.5 x W 16 x H 4 cm, weight: 630 g.

How photography began

CAUTION. Do not look into direct sunlight. Danger of blindness.