A __________ is a room-sized camera that was first used to study eclipses.

a. lens
b. camera obscura
c. 35mm camera
d. daguerreotype
e. aperature


b. camera obscura

a. Incorrect. Eventually, a lens did become an essential component of the camera; however, it is not a type of camera.
b. Correct. The historical predecessor to the modern camera, the camera obscura, was first used to study eclipses.
c. Incorrect. 35mm cameras were a much later, much smaller development.
d. Incorrect. Daguerreotypes, an important development in the history of photographic images, were not room-sized cameras used to study eclipses.
e. Incorrect. An aperature did become an essential component of the camera, but it is not a type of camera.

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