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Camera Lucida

33 points by lelf 7y ago

BuildTheRobots 7y ago
"Tim's Vermeer is a documentary film, directed by Teller, produced by his stage partner Penn Jillette and Farley Ziegler,[2] about inventor Tim Jenison's efforts[3] to duplicate[4] the painting techniques of Johannes Vermeer, in order to test his theory that Vermeer painted with the help of optical devices." I figure this might be of interest to anyone looking at the Camera Lucida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%27s_Vermeer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%27s_Vermeer
- abruzzi 7y ago
  its a fascinating doc. I don't know if I believe that it is how Vermeer but it is still interesting to watch. One should add that Tim Jennison is the founder of NewTek (Video Toaster, Lightwave 3D, etc.)
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skyfaller 7y ago
I got one of these off Kickstarter semi-recently: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pgarcia/neolucida-xl/description https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pgarcia/neolucida-xl/de... It works pretty well! Certainly helpful for an artistic novice like myself.
- ohadron 7y ago
  I also got their original one a few years back! works surprisingly well for an almost medieval invention.
kawera 7y ago
I've used this camera lucida Android app, works nicely (no relation, just a user) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.petales.fino https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.petales.fi...
ggm 7y ago
My mum had one from the 1940s, I used it briefly. "its tracing" -kid moved on. Didn't think about the actual purpose of this, or how it figured into history of art (which is what she was a lecturer in) until much later.
whoisjuan 7y ago
You can also buy these devices on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/NeoLucida-XL-Even-Easier-Trace/dp/B0798T25KK/ https://www.amazon.com/NeoLucida-XL-Even-Easier-Trace/dp/B07...
rossdavidh 7y ago
They are fun! I am no artist, but with one I can make a semi-competent drawing, sometimes: https://www.rosshartshorn.net/stuffrossthinksabout/xmas_trip_2016/ https://www.rosshartshorn.net/stuffrossthinksabout/xmas_trip...

33 points by lelf 7y ago

"Tim's Vermeer is a documentary film, directed by Teller, produced by his stage partner Penn Jillette and Farley Ziegler,[2] about inventor Tim Jenison's efforts[3] to duplicate[4] the painting techniques of Johannes Vermeer, in order to test his theory that Vermeer painted with the help of optical devices." I figure this might be of interest to anyone looking at the Camera Lucida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%27s_Vermeer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%27s_Vermeer

abruzzi 7y ago
its a fascinating doc. I don't know if I believe that it is how Vermeer but it is still interesting to watch. One should add that Tim Jennison is the founder of NewTek (Video Toaster, Lightwave 3D, etc.)

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skyfaller 7y ago

I got one of these off Kickstarter semi-recently: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pgarcia/neolucida-xl/description https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pgarcia/neolucida-xl/de... It works pretty well! Certainly helpful for an artistic novice like myself.

ohadron 7y ago
I also got their original one a few years back! works surprisingly well for an almost medieval invention.

kawera 7y ago

I've used this camera lucida Android app, works nicely (no relation, just a user) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.petales.fino https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.petales.fi...

ggm 7y ago

My mum had one from the 1940s, I used it briefly. "its tracing" -kid moved on. Didn't think about the actual purpose of this, or how it figured into history of art (which is what she was a lecturer in) until much later.

whoisjuan 7y ago

You can also buy these devices on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/NeoLucida-XL-Even-Easier-Trace/dp/B0798T25KK/ https://www.amazon.com/NeoLucida-XL-Even-Easier-Trace/dp/B07...

rossdavidh 7y ago

They are fun! I am no artist, but with one I can make a semi-competent drawing, sometimes: https://www.rosshartshorn.net/stuffrossthinksabout/xmas_trip_2016/ https://www.rosshartshorn.net/stuffrossthinksabout/xmas_trip...