Camera Obscura Devices for all

What is Camera Obscura?

Step inside a darkened room.

Let the sunlight in through a small hole and, an image will appear on the opposite wall. a Very dark and upside-down image.

Now, if you make the hole larger and put a LENS over the hole. The image will be much brighter and sharper. Yet, it remains upside-down.

If you use a LENS + PRISM combination (=BonfotonUP), the bright and sharp image will be seen right-side-UP!

How the camera obscura works. Drawing from Athanasius Kircher's book Ars Magna (1646)

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Camera Obscura Device for creating a right-side-up or upright Camera Obscura Image, BonfotonUP

BonfotonUP Camera Obscura art installation by photographer Telmo Mendes. Upright Camera Obscura projected onto a semitransparent screen.

Camera Obscura Device for creating a right-side-up or upright Camera Obscura Image, BonfotonUP, Side view

Camera Obscura Device for creating a right-side-up or upright Camera Obscura image, Packaging, BonfotonUP

BonfotonP Camera Obscura image from Aulanko Finland. Photograph shot using an iPhone 12 Pro. Upright Camera Obscura.

BonfotonUP Kit

€359.00 EUR

The BonfotonUP is an optomechanical device for creating room-sized RIGHT-SIDE-UP Camera Obscura Images.

Including vertical image position adjustment, two switchable lenses (focal lengths 4000mm and 3200mm) for use in different room sizes.
Direct attachment to the window screen and the ability to use on a tripod. The upright image is achieved using a massive 400g / 140oz Optical-Grade Glass PRISM.

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Bonfoton Camera Obscura Room Lens for creating a room size Camera Obscura Projection image, Side view

Bonfoton Camera Obscura room with cumulus clouds and a birch tree inside the room.

Bonfoton Camera Obscura Room image from Porvoo Finland. Sunset clouds within a room with a chair and bed.

Bonfoton Camera Obscura Room Lens for creating a room size Camera Obscura Projection image, Packaging

Bonfoton Camera Obscura Room Lens for creating a room size Camera Obscura Projection image, Black out cover plate, Front view

Bonfoton Camera Obscura Room Lens

€41.00 EUR

The perfect device for experiencing the classic UPSIDE-DOWN, Camera Obscura effect in the comfort of your own home.

Best suited for approx. 4m/13ft room size.
(Lenses for other room sizes by request)

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"I'd say the BonfotonUP device would be an excellent tool for a physics class in high school with the possibility to visualize the theory behind the phenomenon."

Mirjami Loikala

Middle School Teacher

Turku, Finland

"Making pinholes is necessary for learning about photographic principles, but the Bonfoton devices are a better way of sharing that experience and living it.

I really think every school should have one."

Asst. Prof. Gary McLeod (Dr.)

University of Tsukuba, Japan

garymcleod.co.uk

"I really enjoyed getting creative with the Bonfoton lens. We set it up in a rural location and projected the drama of the outside world on the sheltered, warm inside of the shack we were in. We could have watched the scene for hours it was so dreamy! Thanks to Bonfoton for creating this dream maker!"

Ben Gillespie

Photographer. Scotland

ben-gillespie.com