[HPforGrownups] Re: Untackled (?) Questions

[Connie Toebe]

No: HPFGUIDX 32754


> > How did Myrtle die if she wears glasses (Colin was
> > petrified using the camera)?
> 

Hi
I'm a newbie also but I had to chime in on this one.
Colin might have just been petrified, not killed if he
was using a SLR (single lens reflex) camera. That's
the type of camera that has interchangable lenses as
opposed to a point-and-shoot style. When you look
through the viewfinder of an SLR your not just looking
through a piece of glass. What happens is that light
comes through the lens onto a mirror in the back of
the camera. This then reflects onto a second mirror
that is  facing backwards, in the front of the camera.
When your looking into the viewfinder, you are
actually looking at the mirror reflection of what is
directly in front of the lens. Hence, Colin wasn't
actually looking at the basilisk at all but his
relection in the camera. 

I hope that made sense and wasn't too technical. I
just thought you might like "simple" and believeable
theory. And besides, that art school education had to
come in handy some day. ;)

Connie

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