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Compare and contrast camera obscura with what you know about modern digital photography, including cell phones.

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How does the use of the camera obscura differ from contemporary photography? It captures images but does not preserve them.

Like the best things in life, the camera obscura is very simple. Light enters through a hole in the top of the camera and is focused on a screen on the bottom. But unlike a modern camera, the camera obscura does not create an image you can take away. You see the image by being inside the camera itself.

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