The term "natural camera" appears for the first time that I know of in Petzval's 1857 presentation "On the Camera Obscura", where he defines the natural camera, which uses only a small hole to gather images, as one which is "elementary in character, convenient in form and inexpensive to produce"- -"it furnishes an excellent example of what nature presents and of what art must supply". He then goes on to discuss how the introduction of a lens to the setup distorts nature in the search for greater sharpness. A wonderfully succinct endorsement of "low tech". I don't remember where I got this article, maybe from Eric Renner. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Daubas" <j.dau...@free.fr> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:57 AM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] "pinhole camera" in any lang
> Hello Jim, > > 1) In French, > pinhole camera = appareil à sténopé but very often people just call the > pinhole camera "sténopé", making a shortcut between the pinhole itself > (sténopé has its origins in a Greek word "opé" meaning -hole- and close to > "ôps" meaning -eye-) and the apparatus using it (the camera). > pinhole photography : photographie au sténopé. > > 2) What do you mean by "natural camera" ? > If it means a " normal" camera with lens, then : > camera = appareil de photo (shortcut : "appareil" when everybody knows > that you are speaking about photography!) > > 3) If you are looking for various translations in all kinds of languages, > just go back and have a look at the WPPD site > www.pinholeday.org > When preparing the event for inside the International coordination Team, I > had the luck to coordinate the work of a nice group of translators all > around the world and we managed, thanks to Gregg' efforts, to offer a 12 > languages version of the site. There, your students will find plenty of nice > words ! > > Hope it helps, > Amitiés d'un "sténopiste" français > Jean > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kosinski Family" <zin...@telenet.net> > To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:40 PM > Subject: [pinhole-discussion] "pinhole camera" in any lang > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
