The camera History and Basic Functions

The Camera

1. The camera obscura effect is the latin words for "dark room." This was the first camera and was achieved by a dark room with a hole in one wall. The light through the tiny hole is then projected on another wall to create an image.

2. The invention that helped get closer to the modern camera was when Issac Newton and Christian Huygens understood optics very well and invented high quality lenses.

3. The parts of the first modern camera were a glass lens, a film, and a dark box.

4. Similarities between digital cameras and Niepce's camera are that they still have the same basic functions. Light passes through a lens, and is then projected onto the camera to create a photograph.

5. Digital cameras use an electronic sensor called a CCD to capture an image.

Camera Modes

6. The difference between the Program mode and the Auto mode is that the Auto Mode controls flash and exposure, and is easier to use. Program mode will let the photographer control flash and exposure of images.

7. Portrait mode is mainly used for blurring out the background of the image, and captures that by using the fastest available lens, which is aperture.

8. Sports mode is used for capturing clear shots of motion. This photo is achieved by using th highest shutter speed.

9. In manual mode, the photographer must use both aperture and shutter for an image.

The Half Press

10. You should do a half press on the trigger button because it creates a better composition, you get more control over focus, and the camera will respond faster.

Controlling Flash

11. This symbol means disabled flash, and you might use this when wanting to create a more dramatic theme with natural light.

12. This symbol means auto flash, and you might use this when the image needs more light, so flash is automatically enabled.

Introduction To Exposure 

13. If there is too much light in the photo, it will begin to look pale and washed out.

14. If there is too little light in the image, the image will look too dark.

The Universal Stop

15. A "stop" is a relative measurement of light.

16. If there are two suns instead of one, the planet will be two stops brighter.

17. If there are four suns instead of two, the planet would be four stops brighter.

Shutters and Aperture

18.A longer shutter speed means more light in the photo.

19. A shorter shutter speed means less light on the image.

20. The aperture controls the light that passes through the lens.

21. You can increase the amount of light my opening the aperture more.

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