1. Images formed by a convex mirror are virtual while the images formed by a pinhole camera are real.
2. Images formed by a convex mirror are erect while images formed by a pinhole camera are inverted.
3. Images formed by pinhole camera contain information about the color of the object while images formed by convex mirror do not.
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