pinhole camera
noun [ C ] (also pin-hole camera) uk/ˌpɪn.həʊl ˈkæm.rə/ us/ˌpɪn.hoʊlˈkæm.rə/
针孔照相机
a simple camera that consists of a box with a tiny hole and no lens
You can watch a solar eclipse indirectly using a pinhole camera. 你可以用针孔相机间接地观看日食。
Compare: camera obscura
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- She uses only the pinhole camera or, as it was known in pre-photographic times, the camera obscura.
- He showed his friends how to construct pinhole cameras so they could study the sun without injuring their eyes.
- She has turned rooms into pinhole cameras to photograph Berlin and Chicago.
- Whether you've taken it on a Polaroid, Box Brownie or pinhole camera, send us your best shot.