text: Is there such a thing as a good tourist trap Seriously folks this place is it I mean you feel like the stereotypical tourist rube when you pay your money and go in But it is so well done you cannot help but have funnnAnd the place has been a tourist trap for over years You can go up to the Victorian rooftop chamber There you will see live moving images of Edinburgh projected onto a viewing table through a giant periscope It is cool because you can pick people up with your hands and move them all around I found their technical information on their website httpwwwcameraobscuracoukcameraobscurapdfCameraTechnicalInformationpdfnnCamera Obscura is on several levels You can see the Magic Gallery in which you can perform handson illusions and the Light Fantastic which is one of the largest hologram exhibits in Europe My overall favorite has to be Edinburgh Vision Here you can see new and old Edinburgh using D photos stereoscopes and anaglyphs The best though were the live viewcams Here you can watch the people of Edinburgh go by You can get an extreme close up of the architectural details of the city and also a great view of the hills and countryside surrounding Edinburgh nnCamera Obscura is the sightseeing equivalent of eating a bowl of popcorn while watching your favorite bad movie It is extremely entertaining but oh such a guilty pleasure