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    Camera Parts & Functions Shutter Speed and Aperture

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    The document discusses the main parts and functions of cameras. It describes the two major camera types - rangefinder and single-lens reflex cameras. It also explains the functions of the shutter speed, which controls how long light passes through the lens, and whether moving subjects appear blurred or frozen. The aperture controls the amount of light reaching the film and the depth of field, or area of acceptable sharp focus. Together, the shutter speed and aperture work to control the light and creative aspects of an image.

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    The document discusses the main parts and functions of cameras. It describes the two major camera types - rangefinder and single-lens reflex cameras. It also explains the functions of the shutter speed, which controls how long light passes through the lens, and whether moving subjects appear blurred or frozen. The aperture controls the amount of light reaching the film and the depth of field, or area of acceptable sharp focus. Together, the shutter speed and aperture work to control the light and creative aspects of an image.

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    The document discusses the main parts and functions of cameras. It describes the two major camera types - rangefinder and single-lens reflex cameras. It also explains the functions of the shutter speed, which controls how long light passes through the lens, and whether moving subjects appear blurred or frozen. The aperture controls the amount of light reaching the film and the depth of field, or area of acceptable sharp focus. Together, the shutter speed and aperture work to control the light and creative aspects of an image.

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    Camera Parts and Functions

    1. Camera Types
    2. Camera Body
    3. Camera Lens
    4. How do they work together?
    Major Camera Types

    1. Rangefinder
    -35mm film
    -fewer parts to break
    down
    -easily transported &
    lightweight, quiet
    -good quality images
    -what you see through
    the viewfinder is not
    exactly what you get in
    the final image
    2. Single-lens
    Reflex
    -35mm film
    -more parts to break
    than the rangefinder.
    -easily transported &
    lightweight…a bit
    heavier than a
    rangefinder
    -good quality images
    -whatever the lens sees,
    the photographer sees
    Shutter Speeds
    Remember…these numbers are a
    fraction of a second!!!
    1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, etc.

    Shutter speeds control how long light passes through the


    lens to the film.
    Shutter speeds are set in combination with the lens
    openings. For example, a fast shutter speed to stop racing
    action could be set to open and close as fast as 1/1000th of
    a second.
    1/8 sec 1/100 sec 1/500 sec
    The shutter speed technically controls the amount of light
    reaching the film and creatively controls whether a moving
    subject is frozen or blurred.
    1/30 sec 1/500 sec
    slow shutter speed fast shutter speed
    action is blurry action is clear
    background is clear (“frozen”)
    background is clear

    1/30 sec 1/30 sec


    slow shutter speed “panning”
    action is clear
    (subject is moving slow shutter speed
    towards the camera) action is clear
    background is clear background is
    blurry

    camera was moved


    to follow the
    subject: “panning”
    Text
    } focusing ring

    } distance scale
    } depth-of-field scale
    } aperture ring
    (f-stop selections)
    Aperture Sizes, Lens Openings, & ƒ-stops
    The aperture controls the amount of light passing
    through the lens to the film.
    Aperture Sizes, Lens Openings, & ƒ-stops
    ALSO control the “depth of field”…

    The “depth of field” is the area between the nearest and


    farthest points from the camera that are acceptably sharp in
    the focused image.
    ƒ16

    In this example, we can see that all three


    subjects are in focus for the photographer
    because at ƒ16, this lens’s depth of field
    (“wall of focus”) is from about 4 feet away to
    about 13 feet away.
    ƒ16
    In this example, we can see that only the
    middle subject is in focus for the
    photographer because at ƒ2, the depth of
    field (“wall of focus”) is much shallower than
    at ƒ16 - now it is only about one foot thick
    and at about 7 feet away.
    ƒ2
    Summary

    Remember…
    The shutter controls the amount of light reaching the
    film whether a moving subject is frozen or blurred.
    The aperture controls the amount of light reaching the
    film and the depth of field.
    SHUTTER SPEED

    Physically/Technically controls: AMOUNT OF LIGHT


    (how long shutter is open)

    Creatively controls: MOVEMENT


    (blurry or sharpness)

    APERTURE

    Physically/Technically controls: AMOUNT OF LIGHT


    (size of aperture)

    Creatively controls: DEPTH OF FIELD


    (the “wall of focus”)

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