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What is a pinhole camera?

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Pinholecamera: A pinhole camera, also known as camera obscura, or darkchamber, is a simple optical imaging device in the shape of a closed box or chamber. In one of its sides is a small hole which, via the rectilinear propagation of lighht, creates an image of the outside space on the opposite side of the box.

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