Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's a beautiful movie about Vermeer (Girl With A Pearl Earring: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335119/), where the use of the Camera Obscura is shown. --- > From: <SonC@aol.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:57:20 EST > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] FWI: Vermeer, light, and the camera > > In a message dated 3/30/2005 11:25:50 P.M. Central Standard Time, > pwerner@bluewin.ch writes: > The earliest record of the uses of a camera obscura can be found in the > writings of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). At about the same period > Daniel Barbaro, a Venetian, recommended the camera as an aid to drawing > and perspective. > > For more details about the camera obscura see > > http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/cameraob.htm > http://brightbytes.com/cosite/what.html > http://www.grand-illusions.com/vermeer/vermeer1.htm > > > Peter Werner > > > > Fascinating! Thanks for posting this. > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >