A popular video circulating on You Tube shows the discovery of a spy camera and a microphone hidden inside a digital TV converter box. Such devices are part of a government and industry surveillance ...

The name "camera" comes from camera obscura, which means "dark room." Used as an early drawing aid, the artist would stand in a light-sealed room or box with a hole punched in it. Light would enter ...

The camera obscura is an old-school optical device predating photography. Comprised of a box with a magnifying lens or hole on one end and an angled reflective surface inside, camera obscuras can ...

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Moviemakers have long been drawn to the edge of Santa Monica to capture on film the picturesque pier, Palisades Park and the blue ribbon of the bay. But Santa Monica offers its own offbeat angle on ...

This horror/thriller could have used more time in the darkroom. In photography, camera obscura is an optical trick that occurs when images are projected through small holes in walls, boxes or other ...

Most readers will have some idea of how a camera works, with a lens placed in front of a piece of film or an electronic sensor, and the distance between the two adjusted until the images is in focus.