All Textbook Topics - Light - Pin-hole cameras - When the distance between the pin-hole camera and the object increases, the image gets smaller
When the distance between the pin-hole camera and the object increases, the image gets smaller
When the pin-hole camera is further away from the object, the light rays are at a shallower angle so don't spread out as much in the camera for a given camera length, making the image smaller.
Here is my diagram of this:
![](https://cdn.figureoutphysics.com/text/1587253466LNTDp70bEnYS5C1kBrmeg2aWfUscIv.png)
Here is what the real image on the camera looks like:
![](https://cdn.figureoutphysics.com/text/1587229251NHsCrVazqfM5P6FD1GSp3LxIcRTnYB.png)
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