"pinhole camera" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pinhole cameras [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pinhole camera (plural pinhole cameras)
  1. (photography) A simple lensless device for producing a photographic image, consisting of an enclosed box with film or some other flat photosensitive surface on one interior side and a tiny hole in the opposite side. Wikipedia link: pinhole camera Categories (topical): Photography Related terms: pin camera Translations (a simple lensless device for producing a photographic image): lyukkamera (Hungarian), ка́мера-о́бскура (kámera-óbskura) [feminine] (Russian)

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