The BBC Science Shack website with Adam Hart-Davis on making a Camera Lucida seems to have been removed from the BBC listings. Thats too bad. It was a good site. If you find a new link to it, please drop me an email so I can list it again.

I found the Wayback Machine and on it there is an Archived copy of the Adam Hart-Davis Science Shack Favorite Number 3 on making a Camera Lucida.  The pictures and video are missing but the rest is here:   http://web.archive.org/web/20021202041253/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/scienceshack/backcat/experiments/macameralucida.shtml

This website has information on how to make your own Amateur Camera Lucida. Yes, this homemade amateur Camera Lucida does have problems with parallax, contrast, and intensity balance. But what the heck, you can make your own Amateur Camera Lucida inexpensively and enjoy playing with it!

A current Camera Lucida available from the UK This is a "amateur" mirror-beamsplitter Camera Lucida you can buy (or you could probably make one like this yourself).

Another mirror-beamsplitter Camera Lucida from the UK that costs less and has more adjustments Same "amateur" mirror-beamsplitter principle but less expensive and possibly better. I have not used these two so I cannot say how well they work. But from having tried other mirror-beamsplitter Camera Lucidas I can say that the Camera Lucida by TRI with its Wollaston prism works better. (My opinion)

Some information on the Antique Camera Lucida
Some good information on past versions of the Camera Lucida. Mainly the version with the low contrast (for the right side up virtual image) three sided prism. The contrast is better when using the prism position that yields an upside down and reversed virtual image.

Eastman Kodak Camera Lucida Link
Using an old Camera Lucida from www.eastman.org
A .mov and .avi 4.4MB file.












Information on the Camera Obscura

Edmund Scientifics Online Lens set
One source for small inexpensive lenses that could be used in making a Camera Obscura.

Black cloth tent with lens and mirror and table producing a simple Camera Obscura












David Stork's version of the problems with using a mirror to project images
The epidiascope ---- Projecting an image with a concave mirror. If you would like to try it for yourself you could look for a concave shaving mirror at your local store. Another option is to buy one of the mirrors in the link below.

These are two small f10 concave mirrors that are close to the focal length and diameter that some are saying were used to project an image. When you try this use some black cloth to try to block stray light. The better the viewing area can be blocked from light that is not coming from the mirror, the higher the contrast you will have in your viewing area. It is easier to block stray light than to increase the intensity of the image.
A 63.5 cm focal length concave mirror
A 76.2 cm focal length concave mirror