This is what a black-and-white camera from 126 years ago looks like.
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Although it may seem to have nothing in common with the hyper-technological cameras we have today, at its core they all operate on the same principle.
A camera is a box that captures light entering through a circular opening.
That's it. That's all there is to it.
Everything else is ornamentation, additions, and refinements.
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One of the most important things in photography is understanding light.
Ultimately, a photograph is light traveling from the subject to the lens, passing through the aperture, and striking the film or digital sensor.
Understanding how light behaves and learning to control it along that path will allow us to achieve far better results — not only with analog cameras like the one in the video, but also with our sophisticated iPhone cameras.