. "The two most engaging powers of {a photographer] are : to make new things familiar and familiar things new." :
-William Thackeray, writer, 1811-1863
The camera is not a new device. Early pinhole cameras date to the ancient Chinese and Greeks. They knew you could project an image through a small hole onto a screen. However, it wasn't until the concept of the camera combined with the photographic process invented in the early 1800s that pictures became standard fare. With film cameras, light passes through the lens onto film. Today's digital cameras use the same concept, but the light goes through a lens onto an image sensor, much like the iris of the eye. Sensors capture light and convert it into an electrical signal, which it converts into data. The data, or images, are stored until downloaded .
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Three things must come together to get the light onto the film or sensor so it produces a great photo- the shutter speed, ISO and aperture. Think of them as three sides of a triangle. If you shorten one side of a triangle, it affects the other two. So if you adjust the one of the three items, say, aperture, it will affect the shutter speed and ISO.
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A wider or larger aperture, identified by a smaller f/stop number, a llows more light to be transmitted onto the sensor and, therefore , you can use a faster shutter speed . Larger apertures provide a much shallower depth of field than smaller apertures, other conditions being equal. When photographing under low light or when photographing fast action, a wide maximum aperture (e.g ., f/2.8, f/2.0, f/1.4) is necessary.
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There are many parts of the camera you should not touch, such as the shutter and the lens, as your fingers can leave oil and dirt. The camera's parts should always remain clean . Using your own digital camera, or a school camera, identify these parts.
SHUTTER- The part of the camera that controls the length of time the sensor is exposed to light SHUTTER RELEASE -The button a photographer presses to expose the sensor to light VIEWFINDER -The part of the camera through which photographers look to compose an image BULB- "B"; when set on this shutter speed, the shutter will remain open as long as the photographer depresses the button LENS-RELEASE BUTTON- A button generally located on the front of the camera that the photographer presses to remove a lens on a single-lens reflex camera HOT SHOE- A mount on top of the camera that holds an external flash MODE DIAL- A dial on most cameras allowing the photographer to switch between modes such as P (program), A (aperture priority) , S (shutter priority) or M (manual) MONITOR I SCREEN- A screen on the back of the camera allowing the photographer to preview the image, playback images or change settings WHITE BALANCE- A camera setting that adjusts for varying types of light allowing white objects to appear white in the image
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PARTS AND FUNCTIONS ccoNT.J ........................................................................................ Be sure you know how to:
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Turn the camera on and off
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Turn the on-camera flash on and off
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Insert, remove and format the storage card
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Insert and remove the battery
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Change the operational mode, such asP (program), A (aperture priority), S (shutter priority) or M (manual)
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Change the shutter speed regardless of camera mode
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Change the aperture regardless of camera mode
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Change the ISO
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Set the white balance
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Set the resolution of the images being taken (large, medium , small, raw)
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Take a picture
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View and delete an image
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Mount and remove the lens on the camera
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Determine whether the lens is a fixed focal length lens or a zoom lens
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Determine the focal length of the lens
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Focus the lens
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I can do all tasks in 3.0 and I can teach others!
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I can demonstrate an understanding o f how a camera works to produce images. I can .. . a . locate the main functions of the camera b . operate the main functions of the camera
I can determine the meanings of words and phrases associated with photography and operating a DSLR camera . 2.0 0
I can locate and manipulate some of the basic functions of the camera , but still struggle to understand what each function does and when to use them .
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I don 't understand the basic parts of a camera or how to use it.
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