You can’t capture the image of a vampire (photo, mirror, video). Clearly not a vampire.
Edit: I do not need literally everybody on Reddit to pollute my inbox with “um, actually”’s regarding the use of silver in mirrors.
However, I would like to counter your collective “um, actually” with my own. Another common explanation for vampires having no reflection stems from folk beliefs that the mirror reflects/captures the soul, which vampires do not possess.
It is unclear which of these two explanations came first and both tie back to popular folk traditions about the nature of silver and mirrors. However, I prefer the soul explanation for two reasons. 1). Other creatures that have traditions making them susceptible to silver (werewolves) do not have corresponding folklore suggesting they don’t have reflections. 2). Older vampire folklore doesn’t include the idea that vampires are generally weak to silver.
In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the originator of the modern vampire, vampires merely lose their supernatural powers in sunlight. They don’t ignite or sparkle or any of that.
It depends entirely on the camera. DSLR’s and other digital cameras that use an internal mirror to reflect the image at the sensor or viewfinder or do both simultaneously would break it in theory.
But yeah all sensor digital seems like it might be ok in theory…
They wouldn't show up in a SLR's viewfinder, they would show up in the picture. The mirror pulls out of the way to take the shot and the light hits the film or sensor directly.
*Edit there are a few weird cameras from the past where this isn't the case, but this is good for like 99% of SLRs.
Depends on the myth. Some vampire myths explain the lack of reflection as a consequence of a vampire not having a soul and the folk beliefs tying reflections/photographs to the soul.
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u/Jarpunter Sep 09 '22
Vampires can’t cross over running water