Hayley's assignment 4 part one

How a basic camera works, part 1

A basic camera has 7 main parts

·         Lens

·         Reflex mirror

·         Matte focusing screen

·         Pentaprism

·         Eyepiece

·         focal-plane shutter

·         sensor

Lens, this is where the light comes through and carries throughout the camera. It then will hit the reflex mirror.

      The reflex mirror. The point of this mirror is so that we can see through the lens, through the view finder. What we are seeing is the light coming through this lens, then bouncing up through the pentaprism. And then it bounces a few more times through the view finder.

      This allows us to see the image normally. Now this is important because this is where our image sensor is. Then it goes back into the base of the camera and goes to the image sensor, it’s not being exposed because of this shutter, and the reflex mirror, are in its path.

      On the left side is the DSL camera, this is the motion it makes when the shutter is closed. And on the right side is in the moment of shooting, the camera so now we can’t see an image through the view finder. The reflex mirror will fold up and press the shutter.

      Now the camera will let the light flow through the lens. Once you let go of the shutter, it will then return back to its normal state.

***Assignment understanding your camera***

 The basic 35mm DLSR camera has many different features. It has four main parts.

·         Body

·         Lens

·         Diaphragm / aperture

·         Shutter speed

Lets talk about The Cameras Body. The Body of the camera is made to handle the image process. Now the Lens. The lens is the device that captures the image and sends it into the camera’s body. Sometimes, on certain cameras, the lens can’t be taken off. The Diaphragm/ Aperture. The diaphragm/ aperture is basically a hole in the lens that controls the intensity of the light that is captured by the tiniest hole, which then makes the light become lower than it actually looks. Then the bigger the hole, makes the light become brighter. And finally, The Shutter Speed. The shutter speed controls how fast the shutter captures the picture. This means, when you take the picture, it captures exactly what you see through camera. However, if you are moving the camera while you are taking the picture, then it effects the picture, no matter how fast the shutter speed was. That’s why when you are taking a picture, it is best to keep still, and not to effect the picture. If the shutter speed is slow, it will effect the quality of the light sent to the camera, making a higher light.