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Pinhole cameras

Scope note

Cameras whose aperture is not a lens but a tiny hole in an opaque material such as aluminum foil. SWED

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300022652

Broader Terms used

<cameras by mode of operation>

Term used for

cameras, pinhole

Equivalent Terms used

pinhole camera

Created

12yrs ago

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