SNC2P
Date: __________________
Activity – Pinhole Camera
Instructions
1. Point the pinhole camera hole at the
candle.
2. Look through the opposite side of the
camera (wax paper)
3. Draw what you see to the left.
6. Is the image upright or inverted? __________________
7. Use the diagram below to draw straight rays (arrows)
showing the path of light from the candle to the film
(Hint: draw a straight line from the top of the candle, through the
pinhole to the film and do the same thing for the bottom of the candle.)
8. What happens as you move the camera from left to right but the candle is stationary?
Describe and/or draw what you see.
9. What happens as you move the camera towards and away from the flame? Describe
and/or draw what you see.
SNC2P
Date: __________________
Pinhole Camera Worksheet
Draw the critical rays and the image in the diagrams below to show how an image forms in a
pinhole camera. Note: the image will change based on how close or far the camera is from the object.
1.
 translucent screen
2.
 translucent screen
3.
 translucent screen
4. What happens to the image as you change the distance of the pinhole camera in the
diagrams above? Explain.
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