Origin of Phrases - C
Camera
Seventeenth century German astronomer Johannes Kepler is credited with naming the camera. Though the methodology of how a camera works had been known since the days of Aristotle, it wasn't until Kepler that a device that receives an image through a lens acquire a name. While studying the sun and moon, Kepler used the camera methodology by using a darkened room that had a small opening for light. The light was projected into the room by a mirrored lens, thus causing Kepler to name this room the "camera obscura," or dark chamber.