08. Image Formation

Pinhole Camera Quiz

Fun fact: the "pinhole camera" is not just a model, but was actually the earliest means of projecting images, first documented almost 2500 years ago in China!

Now back to computer vision… what is the fundamental difference between images formed with a pinhole camera and those formed using lenses?

SOLUTION: Pinhole camera images are free from distortion, but lenses tend to introduce image distortion.