Components
of a camera.
Camera -
Manual
Mode: There are many components in a camera. One of them is the
digital single lens reflex and this is when all the parts of a camera come and
work together. This can include focus on the lens, or the shutter speed of the
lens. It is when you control the settings on a camera. In manual mode you
control the shutter and aperture speed whilst taking a picture. The cost of
this is cheaper and also when there is not a lot of light manual mode is better
as the shot will be quicker.
Automatic
Mode: This when the focus and lighting of the camera changes by
itself. There are a lot of different modes that you are able to choose from.
One is Movie Mode which is when a
still camera can take pictures of moving images. Portrait Mode can be activated and then the camera can identify
human faces.
Smartphones:
Nowadays most smartphones have cameras they are able to focus and use
flash to change the lighting. You are always able to download apps which do
things such as change the filters and smartphones are better than cameras as
they have good cameras and they are small and you can take them anywhere.
Capturing images –
Viewfinder:
This is what focuses and finds faces most of the time. Types of
viewfinders are still, movie, film and digital.
Lens: This is
what is in front of the aperture and it focuses to take the photo. There are telephoto lenses which is mostly used
for portrait photos. There is a macro
lens which makes small details in photos much bigger.
Images
sensor: This is the sensor that takes in the picture once it is
taken.
Aperture: It is the
whole that opens which allows the lens to capture pictures.
Shutter: This opens
and closes to show the film in a camera.
Memory: This is
where the pictures are saved too and can contain a large amount of photos.
Lighting –
Flash: The flash
on a camera is usually on when it is too dark and people want to take pictures.
It is also on when somebody wants to look lighter in a photo and is part of
lighting.
Exposer: This is the amount of light in the picture. This will include a shadow in a part of a picture to make it look darker and this is called Under-exposer. There could be brighter versions of the photo is a part of the photo and this is Over-exposer.
Colour: Colour
temperature is measured in ‘Kelvin
scale’ and measures In ’K’. The
brighter the ‘K’ the colder the
photo is likely to look, meaning it will be blue or another colour that relates
to the cold. The lower the ‘K’ the brighter the photo will be meaning it will
be orange/red. 10,000K is Blue and 1000K is orange.
White
Balance: This affects the colour of the picture and changes the
lighting. It has a wide range of presets. Shade
is a mode that makes the picture look very natural. Cloudy is also a preset and it makes the photo look warm and cool, direct sunlight makes the photo look
natural and gives the photo a bit of
sunlight.
Support –
Handheld: This is a technique used by a few camera men when they are recording, it is when they hold the camera with their hands and record.
Tripod: A tripod
holds the camera still at different heights so the operator doesn’t have to
hold the camera with his/her hands. A tripod has 3 legs and changes its height.
File storage –
This is where data is stored. It is saved into files or
folders and can be retrieved when it is needed. There are some Built-in storages where the only way
the information can be retrieved is by transporting it using a computer. There
is Raw Capacity which is the amount
of memory the device can store and is measured in bytes.
