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<strong>New</strong> Trends <strong>in</strong> Physics Teach<strong>in</strong>g IV<br />

<strong>The</strong> p<strong>in</strong>hole camera<br />

It is a problem to devise optics experiments which don’t <strong>in</strong>volve lenses. This one requires two<br />

paper cups, tape, th<strong>in</strong> paper and alum<strong>in</strong>ium foil (or dark cloth) to black out light. Punch a hole<br />

with a pencil <strong>in</strong> the bottom of one cup and<br />

v<br />

cut a hole about 2.5 cm <strong>in</strong> diameter <strong>in</strong> the bottom<br />

of the other as the eyehole. Tape a sheet of paper over one cup, and attach the other, as shown<br />

(figure 23).<br />

th<strong>in</strong> sheet of paper<br />

/<br />

PINHOLE VIEWER<br />

Figure 23.<br />

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