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What is the basic structure of a pinhole camera?
What is the basic structure of a pinhole camera?
- A light-tight box with a small hole on one side (correct)
- A box with a large lens on the front
- A box with a digital sensor at the back
- A box with a mirror inside
What role does the small hole play in a pinhole camera?
What role does the small hole play in a pinhole camera?
- It has no specific role in the functioning of the camera
- It focuses the light onto the film or sensor
- It acts as the aperture, controlling the amount of light that enters (correct)
- It serves as the shutter, opening and closing to capture the image
How does the image form in a pinhole camera?
How does the image form in a pinhole camera?
- By reflection off a mirror onto the film or sensor
- Through the process of diffraction and interference of light waves
- Through the straight-line propagation of light from the object to the inverted image (correct)
- By the refraction of light through a lens onto the film or sensor
