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Cinematography - Cameras and Lenses

This document discusses various concepts in cinematography including focal length, crop factor, aperture, depth of field, focusing techniques, filters, grain, resolution, frame rate, compression, camera adjustment, and more. It emphasizes that tools should be properly adjusted and used to capture high quality images and audio.

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Cinematography - Cameras and Lenses

This document discusses various concepts in cinematography including focal length, crop factor, aperture, depth of field, focusing techniques, filters, grain, resolution, frame rate, compression, camera adjustment, and more. It emphasizes that tools should be properly adjusted and used to capture high quality images and audio.

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CAMERAS AND

LENSES
Cinematography

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WWW.KAHOOT.IT

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FOCAL LENGTH
How much of the image is magnified on the
camera's sensing surface
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CROP FACTOR
OPTICAL VS DIGITAL ZOOM
APERTURE
F-Stop: used to measure the aperture of the
diaphragm, it's a number that calculates the
entrance of light
APERTURE
Consumer cameras have a set aperture.

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DEPTH OF FIELD
The amount of elements that remain in
focus based on the applied aperture

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DEPTH OF FIELD
The amount of elements that remain in
focus based on the applied aperture
DEPTH OF FIELD
The amount of elements that remain in
focus based on the applied aperture
DEPTH OF FIELD
Shallow depth of field is important for
dramatic effects
DEPTH OF FIELD
Low-end cameras have a set aperture, and
thus they lack depth of field

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HOW TO FOCUS ON A ZOOM LENS

01 Set your frame and your focal


point 04 Reframe your shot

02 Zoom all the way into your


focal point

03 Set your focus

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HOW TO FOCUS ON A PRIME (FIXED) LENS

1 2
Set your frame and your focal Use a measuring tape to know
point the distance from the focal
plane to you focal point

3
Set your focal distance on the
lens' focusing ring

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ND (NEUTRAL
DENSITY) FILTER
They reduce the amount of light that enters
the camera

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ND (NEUTRAL
DENSITY) FILTER
They reduce the amount of light that enters
the camera

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FILM GRAIN
Film grain refers to the size of the silver
halides that make up the image. It's
measured in ASA or ISO
FILM GRAIN
Film grain refers to the size of the silver
halides that make up the image. It's
measured in ASA or ISO.
IMAGE NOISE
The digital equivalent of grain, and it is
caused for not enough information reaching
the sensor
FRAME
RESOLUTION
The size of an image measured by its
amount of pixels
ASPECT RATIO
The proportion between an image's width
and height

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FRAME RATE
the amount of frames we see in a second,
also known as FPS (Frames Per Second)
FRAME RATE
the amount of frames we see in a second,
also known as FPS (Frames Per Second)
COMPRESSION
The digital process through which
information is taken out of the images to
decrease file size while lowering quality
CAMERA DIOPTER

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CAMERA
ADJUSTMENT
Always pay attention to these elements in
this order
CAMERA ADJUSTMENT

01 The camera should never be


left alone 04 Set your resolution

02 Calibrate your diopter


05 Set your frame rate

03 Make sure you have the correct


lens 06 Set your recording format

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CAMERA ADJUSTMENT

07 Know if your focus is set to


manual or auto 10 Set your iris or aperture

08 Do your white balance


11 Place your ND filter if
necessary

09 Set your ISO


12 Set your audio levels

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TOOLS ARE
JUST TOOLS
What matters is how we use them
and how we adapt to them

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