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Know Your Tools

The Camera. Know Your Tools. Know Parts of a Point and Shoot camera Parts of a dSLR Common camera iconography Show Label the parts of a Point and Shoot camera Label the parts of a dSLR Identify what common camera icons mean Level of Thinking Understand. Objective. Small, Medium, Large.

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Know Your Tools

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  1. The Camera Know Your Tools

  2. Know • Parts of a Point and Shoot camera • Parts of a dSLR • Common camera iconography • Show • Label the parts of a Point and Shoot camera • Label the parts of a dSLR • Identify what common camera icons mean • Level of Thinking • Understand Objective

  3. Small, Medium, Large Types of Cameras

  4. Small Format

  5. Medium Format

  6. Medium vs Small

  7. Large Format

  8. Point and Shoot Digital Camera

  9. Sensor for a Compact Camera

  10. Prosumer Sensor

  11. Entry Level dSLR

  12. APS-C Sensor

  13. Full Frame dSLR (Semi-Pro)

  14. Full Frame Sensor

  15. Professional dSLR

  16. Medium Format Digital

  17. Large Format Digital

  18. Most Expensive Camera

  19. Prettiest Camera

  20. Think about the question for a minute. • Share your answer with a neighbor. • Be prepared to share with the class. Think – Pair – Share

  21. What are the three categories of film cameras? Question One

  22. Why would someone want to use large format film, rather than 35mm? Question Two

  23. Why do you think there are more options in types of digital cameras? Question Three

  24. What is the biggest contributing factor to the price increases between categories of digital cameras? Question Four

  25. On the Inside How a camera Works

  26. Photo = Light • Graphy = to write or draw • Photography = to write or draw with light Photography

  27. Light tight box • Something to focus/control the light rays • Something to record the light • Camera Obscura Drawing with Light

  28. Light Tight Box

  29. Control the LIght

  30. Record the Light

  31. Sensor

  32. Natural phenomenon recorded as early as 470BC • It is why our eyes work • Camera = box or room • Obscura = darken Camera Obscura

  33. 3 Ways to alter the path of light

  34. Because light only travels in a straight line, the light from the top of the candle travels straight through the pinhole to the bottom of the camera back. Light travels in a straight line

  35. Camera Obscura

  36. Artists in the 1500-1600s and beyond used it to bring realism to their paintings. Tent Camera CameraObscura

  37. Camera Obscura

  38. Camera obscurarequires a light tight box (camera body) and something to focus the light (lens) • We use a camera sensor to record the image • But there needs to be something to protect the sensor from being exposed until we are ready to take the picture – the shutter • AND we need some way to see what we are taking a picture of – a mirror and pentaprism Put it all together

  39. Seeing what the lens sees

  40. The mirror and pentaprism is why dSLRs are called that – digital single lens reflex • The mirror reflects (reflex) the image through a single lens dSLR

  41. So how do you take a picture if the mirror and shutter are in the way? Taking a picture

  42. Taking a picture

  43. Lots of buttons Parts of a dSLR

  44. Key differences: • Physical size of the sensor • Interchangeable lenses • Viewfinder vs LCD • Which you prefer is up to your shooting style…and how much money you have. dSLR vs Point and Shoot

  45. Front

  46. Top

  47. Back

  48. Inside

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