MNT said: ...Would she even show up on camera? She's a vampire.
Yes. The whole mirrors deal is because mirrors used to use silver as the reflective component, and silver was thought to be a holy metal. So unless it's a really old ass camera using really old ass film, she'll show up.
MNT said: ...Would she even show up on camera? She's a vampire.
Excuse my going out on a limb, but IIRC, Vampires cast no reflection, which if I remember was implemented into photography for the matter of mirrors being believed to reflect one's soul. Vampires lacking one, had no reflection. Cameras back then, correct me if I'm wrong, used mirrors to capture the image. So a digital recording, using no mirrors, SHOULD allow you to record a vampire...Then again, it was all just ridiculous fears of seeing one's own image.
Corbun said: Excuse my going out on a limb, but IIRC, Vampires cast no reflection, which if I remember was implemented into photography for the matter of mirrors being believed to reflect one's soul. Vampires lacking one, had no reflection. Cameras back then, correct me if I'm wrong, used mirrors to capture the image. So a digital recording, using no mirrors, SHOULD allow you to record a vampire...Then again, it was all just ridiculous fears of seeing one's own image.
Just how would an image be captured on a mirror? What you're probably thinking of is how (D)SLR (analog cameras operate the same way, just use a different 'sensor') viewfinders work: there's a 45° mirror in front of the shutter, which sends a horizontally flipped image up, to a pentagonal prism (pentaprism) or a system of mirrors that flip the image back right way around and send it out to the viewfinder, where you look in. When you press the shutter release, the mirror swings up and the shutter opens, which you perceive as the viewfinder going dark. Some cameras can add a delay between the mirror swinging up and the shutter opening to give any residual vibrations time (highest I've seen was 10 seconds on a Canon EOS30D) to die off, which can be important in some cases.
Corbun said: Excuse my going out on a limb, but IIRC, Vampires cast no reflection, which if I remember was implemented into photography for the matter of mirrors being believed to reflect one's soul. Vampires lacking one, had no reflection. Cameras back then, correct me if I'm wrong, used mirrors to capture the image. So a digital recording, using no mirrors, SHOULD allow you to record a vampire...Then again, it was all just ridiculous fears of seeing one's own image.
Cameras generally don't use mirrors to capture the image. Reflex cameras use mirrors to conduct the image to the viewfinder, but the viewfinder isn't strictly necessary. Film cameras often still use use silver bromide, though.
fuzzygnome said: Cameras generally don't use mirrors to capture the image. Reflex cameras use mirrors to conduct the image to the viewfinder, but the viewfinder isn't strictly necessary. Film cameras often still use use silver bromide, though.
Then would you happen to know where the soul capturing with cameras phenomena came from?
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Corbun said: Then would you happen to know where the soul capturing with cameras phenomena came from?
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I think that belief originated from some primitive tribes in the Papua New Guinea region. When the anthropologists went to study them, they took photographs, and the natives, seeing their own faces frozen perfectly in time, equated the photograph with a copy of themselves. Since they were still in one piece, they surmised the only missing thing could be their souls. This is part of the reason Paul Ekman had trouble getting photos of them displaying emotions, they were wary of the camera (and the recorder, which they believe stole their voices).
Darntheluck said: Yes. The whole mirrors deal is because mirrors used to use silver as the reflective component, and silver was thought to be a holy metal. So unless it's a really old ass camera using really old ass film, she'll show up.
You have no idea how many times I've had to tell people that...At least the "silver was used in old mirrors" bit.