Meet the camera lucida. Developed in the early part of the nineteenth century by [William Hyde Wollaston], the camera lucida is a seemingly simple device.

Meet the camera lucida. Developed in the early part of the nineteenth century by [William Hyde Wollaston], the camera lucida is a seemingly simple device.

The camera lucida was first dreamed up in 1807 by William Hyde Wollaston. We don’t know if he ever made a working prototype, but we do know that by the mid-1800s, camera lucidas were part of ...

INTERESTING modifications of the camera lucida for making larger drawings were recently described in these columns1. A novel use to which I have put this apparatus may also assist biologists in ...

WHEN drawing objects under a microscope with a camera lucida the size of the drawing is normally dependent solely on the magnification of the microscope. Usually this magnification can be adjusted ...

On Monday, June 1st, the chamber group Camera Lucida gives a rare San Diego performance of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, along with Franz Schubert's String Quintet in C major. Camera Lucida ...

Camera Lucida, the ongoing collaboration between San Diego Symphony musicians and UC San Diego Music Faculty, offers much to admire.The musicianship is always excellent, and Conrad Prebys Concert H… ...

Aside from being a showcase of the camera and its capabilities, Camera Lucida is the result of combining vintage hardware and modern technology. When the camera was released in the late 80s, one could ...

Do you recall my recent blog about the mega-cool Camera Lucida app I discovered for the iPad? The idea is that you first use your iPad to take a picture (or to display an image that you acquired from ...

Vintage camera lucidas can currently be found on eBay, but according to Garcia and Levin, they typically sell for at least US$300. The NeoLucida, by contrast, is available for a minimum pledge of ...

Architect Christian Tonko recently completed Camera Lucida, an artist's studio in Bregenz, Austria that looks fittingly like a work of art itself.