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Term: Camera Obscura
Subcategory: Equipment
Definition: Camera obscura refers to a system of mirrors and lenses created during the 16th and 17th centuries.  It was used as a primitive camera for artists.  Using a camera obscura, a painter could project an image on a 2D surface to use it as a preliminary sketch. 

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