Camera Types

Camera Body

Camera Lens

How do they work together?

Camera Parts & Functions

Major Camera Types

Rangefinder

• 35mm film• Simpler

construction• Smaller & lightweight• Quiet

• Good quality images

• What you see through

the viewfinder is not

exactly what you get in

the final image

Single Lens Reflex• 35mm film

• More complex than the rangefinder.

• Easily transported & lightweight…a bit

• Heavier than a rangefinder

• Good quality images

• Whatever the lens sees, the photographer sees

Mirror Down/ See Through the Lens

Mirror Up/ Expose the Film

take up spool camera

backviewfindersprockets

viewfinderfilm

prism

aperture

pressure plate

rewind release button

tripod mount shutter

compartment

film advance lever

hot shoe

shutterfilm

shutterbutton film

rewind

aperture ring 2 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22

lens2 10001 60 125 250 5004 8 15 30

reflex mirrorshutter speed dial

The shutter speed controls the amount of light reaching

the

film and creatively whether a moving subject is frozen or

blurred.

Shutter Speed

Shutter speed and model direction

Aperture

The aperture controls the amount of light passing

through the lens onto the film.

Aperture Sizes, Lens Openings, & f/Stops

Aperture’s Aesthetic

Aperture’s Aesthetic

Remember…

• The shutter controls the amount of light reaching the film through time and whether a subject is frozen or blurred.

• The aperture controls the amount of light reaching the film

through a lens opening and the depth of field.

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