In 1833, while in Italy with his good friend William Henry Fox Talbot, that he became witness and accomplice to the most revolutionary moment in imaging. He remarked in 1833: “when the eye was removed from the prism—in which all looked beautiful—I found that the faithless pencil had only left traces on the paper melancholy to behold.

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Opting for a "prism on a stick" would have been cheaper, but that was a compromise I wasn't willing to make. or 199g), sturdy, compact enough to fit in a handbag, highly adjustable, totally non-electronic, and effective in nearly all lighting conditions. I have long been fascinated by camera Lucidas and obscuras and have even considered making a camera obscura out of curtains so that I can actually walk into it. And NEOLUCIDA's problems are unfortunately getting worse rather than better with a new Kickstarter project launching the NEOLUCIDA PLUS. Instead of reflecting your subject, the partially-slivered glass reflects a mirror facing your subject.Released from obscurity, the NeoLucida entreats a new generation of artists to ask: " What if you could trace what you see? If you read Wikipedia, even though Tesla was dead, he is credited, if my memory is correct for alternating electrical current.