Monday, September 15, 2014

camera history

1. the hole acts like a lens, focusing and projecting light onto the wall of the dark chamber.

2. issac newton and christian huygens perfected the  understanding of optics and the process of making high quality glass lenses.

3. niepce created the first modern camera with a dark box,glass lens and film.

4. Modern cameras are still have some of the same parts as Niepce's original camera.

5. Digital cameras, as opposed to plastic film in the old-fashioned ones, capture the image with an electronic sensor called a CCD. 

6. In Auto mode, the camera controls the flash and the exposure while in Program mode, you can control flash and exposure.

7. Portrait mode is used to focus on only your subject and blur the background.

8. Sports mode is used to freeze motion,  the highest shutter speed possible.

9. you would press the button half way down for it to focus on what you want to take a picture of.

10. The symbol means "Disabled Flash," meaning no flash. you would use this if wanted it to be more dramatic with the natural light.

11. This symbol means the flash is on auto. On most cameras, the flash will fire if it thinks the picture needs more light.

12. If there is too much light, the picture will be washed out.

13. If there is not enough light, the picture will be very dark.

14. A "stop" is a measure of light.

15. The new planet is 1 stop brighter if there are two sons instead of one.

16. The new planet is 2 stops brighter if there are four sons instead of two.

17. A longer shutter speed will make the photo have more light.

18. A shorter shutter speed will make the photo have less light.

19. the apature controls the amount of light that is let into the camera.

20. When adjusting the aperture, you can increase the amount of light by making the opening larger.

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