A: Camera = Latin for "room" Obscura = Latin for "dark".
2) Q: Who was Chinese philosopher Mo-Ti? When did he live?
A: He formally recorded the creation of an inverted image formed by light rays passing through a pinhole into a darkened room. He lived in 5th century BC.
3) Q: How did the greek philosopher Artistotle use camera obscura?
A: He viewed the crescent shape of a partially eclipsed sun projected on the ground through the holes in a sieve, and the gaps between leaves of a plane tree.
4) Q: How did the German astronomer Johannes Kepler use camera obscura?
A: He used it for astronomical applications and had a portable tent camera for surveying in Upper Austria.
5) Q: How did famous Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci use camera obcura?
A: Leonardo thought of the camera obscura as an aid to drawing, to be able to sketch directly over the objects that it reflected, to sketch their outlines.
6) Q: Who was Joseph Niepce? What was his great achievement?
A: He is universally credited with producing the 1st successful photograph in 1827.
7) Q: What is "light writing"?
A: Light writing is another term for photography.
8) Q: Who invented the Daguerreotype?
A: Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre invented the Daguerreotype.
9) Q: What year was Daguerreotype invented?
A: The Daguerreotype was invented in 1825.
10) Q: What country was the Daguerreotype invented in?
A: The Daguerreotype was invented in France.
11) Q: How did the Daguerreotype work?
A: The Daguerrotype consisted of treating silver-plated copper sheets with iodine to make them sensitive to light, then exposing them in a camera and "developing" the images with warm mercury vapor.
12) Q: Did Daguerre succeed in marketing his invention to the masses?
A: Yes, very successful.
