A pinhole camera doesn't have a lens; a small circular hole lets light into the camera, which

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A pinhole camera doesn't have a lens; a small circular hole lets light into the camera, which then exposes the film. For the sharpest image, light from a distant point source makes as small a spot on the film as possible. What is the optimum size of the hole for a camera in which the film is 16.0 cm from the pinhole? A hole smaller than the optimum makes a larger spot since it diffracts the light more a larger hole also makes a larger spot because the spot cannot be smaller than the hole itself (think in terms of geometrical optics). Let the wavelength be 560 nm.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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