Originally built as a library. There's a camera obscura in one of the Royal Observatory buildings here in Greenwich - well worth a visit. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/on-display/the-camera-obscura
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Sorenson > Sent: 01 February 2009 01:22 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO--January Camera > > Was that originally built as a camera obscura? > > -p [...] > >>> The round building is the Radcliffe Camera, built in 1749 > as the science > > library at > >> Oxford. It is still in use as a reading room for the > library system. > >>> Shot from the tower of St. Mary's University Church, > adjacent. This is > > typical > >> January weather in England, of course... > >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8557518&size=lg > >>> > >>> (K10D and DA 10-17 fisheye) > >>> > >>> Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
