peterm1
Veteran
Who says it did?
Maybe we should all go back to using a camera obscura and a highly skilled painter :^)
(The image is projected onto a canvas then the painter actually paints the picture over the image to make it permanent - and yes, it is reversed. Its now believed to be how many classic artists like Vermeer did their works.
http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/camera_obscura/co_one.htm
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/cameraob.htm
Maybe we should all go back to using a camera obscura and a highly skilled painter :^)
(The image is projected onto a canvas then the painter actually paints the picture over the image to make it permanent - and yes, it is reversed. Its now believed to be how many classic artists like Vermeer did their works.
http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/camera_obscura/co_one.htm
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/cameraob.htm