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* '''manku kumfa'''?
** The words mean literally "dark room", but although a darkroom is a dark room, it is not a camera obscura.
* '''manku kacma'''?
{{gl|kacma|x1 is a camera/photographic equipment recording illumination type x2 images to media x3}}
A camera obscura is a camera which, by direct optical means, displays its image rather than recording it. One translation is '''kacma fi zi'o'''.


''manku kacma''? ''manku kumfa''?
* The [[lujvo]] for '''kacma fi zi'o''' is '''zilcibykacma'''
*[[jezrax]]:
**We don't need to make up Lojban words to exactly match English words. A camera obscura where you walk in and the image is projected on a wall could be a '''kumfa kacma''' (''room camera'') or a '''kacma je kumfa''' (''camera and room''). The kind used by artists to help in sketching could be a ''drawing aid'', and so on. There are many ways to say any given thing; choose one that says what you want.


The words mean literally "dark room", but although a darkroom is a dark room, it is not a camera obscura.
=Common error=
Not '''kacma fi no da''' since that would be anything (such as a tree) which has nothing to record images on '''kacma fi noda'''!).


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See also [[discussion of kacma fi noda|discussion of '''kacma fi noda''']].
 
''kacma'': x1 is a camera/photographic equipment recording illumination type x2 images to media x3
 
A camera obscura is a camera which, by direct optical means, displays its image rather than recording it. One translation is ''kacma fi noda'' (though some people might suppose you'd left your film at home).
 
*That should be ''kacma fi zi'o''; anything (such as a tree) which has nothing to record images on ''kacma fi noda''. --[[Pierre Abbat|phma]]
** The [[discussion of kacma fi noda|discussion of kacma fi noda]] became somewhat extended.
 
* The ''[[lujvo|lujvo]]'' for ''kacma fi zi'o'' is ''zilcibykacma''
 
We don't need to make up Lojban words to exactly match English words. A camera obscura where you walk in and the image is projected on a wall could be a ''kumfa kacma'' "room camera" or a ''kacma je kumfa'' "camera and room". The kind used by artists to help in sketching could be a "drawing aid", and so on. There are many ways to say any given thing; choose one that says what you want.
 
''mi'e [[jezrax|jezrax]]''

Latest revision as of 08:58, 3 October 2014

  • manku kumfa?
    • The words mean literally "dark room", but although a darkroom is a dark room, it is not a camera obscura.
  • manku kacma?
kacma = x1 is a camera/photographic equipment recording illumination type x2 images to media x3

A camera obscura is a camera which, by direct optical means, displays its image rather than recording it. One translation is kacma fi zi'o.

  • The lujvo for kacma fi zi'o is zilcibykacma
  • jezrax:
    • We don't need to make up Lojban words to exactly match English words. A camera obscura where you walk in and the image is projected on a wall could be a kumfa kacma (room camera) or a kacma je kumfa (camera and room). The kind used by artists to help in sketching could be a drawing aid, and so on. There are many ways to say any given thing; choose one that says what you want.

Common error

Not kacma fi no da since that would be anything (such as a tree) which has nothing to record images on kacma fi noda!).

See also discussion of kacma fi noda.