Researchers have used the centuries-old idea of pinhole imaging to create a high-performance mid-infrared imaging system without lenses. The new camera can capture extremely clear pictures over a ...

Pinhole cameras are not new; they have been around since the beginning of photography. The concept was around long before that. The ancient Chinese and Greeks understood the notion of a pinhole device ...

Technologically, the camera obscura, or pinhole camera, sits on the opposite end of the spectrum from digital cameras. But six artists in Irvine, California still see an enormous potential for the ...