Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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