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Pinhole Camera Model
written by Wolfgang Christian
The Pinhole Camera Model demonstrates the operation of a pinhole camera. Light rays leaving the top and bottom on an object of height h, pass through a pinhole, and strike a flat screen.  These rays travel in straight lines in accord with the principles of geometric optics.  Drag the object and observe the image on the camera screen. Simple geometry shows that the image is inverted and that the ratio of the image to object size (the magnification) is the same as the ratio of the image to object distance.

The Pinhole Camera Model was developed using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.   Double clicking the jar file will run the program if Java is installed.  You can modify this simulation if you have EJS installed by right-clicking within the map and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.6 of Java (JRE).
1 supplemental document is available
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Instrumentation
= Telescopes
Optics
- General
- Geometrical Optics
= Pinhole
= Straight Line Propagation
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
= Model
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- General Publics
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Wolfgang Christian
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Metadata instance created April 20, 2012 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:
June 11, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
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Christian, Wolfgang. Pinhole Camera Model. Computer software. 2012. Java (JRE) 1.6. 6 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11787&DocID=2642>.
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