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Monday, November 21, 2011

Types Of Photography Gear

By Shawn Smith


There are six types of cameras now available in traditional cameras, and a few of these types are also available in the more sophisticated digital cameras. These are:

Single use cameras, commonly called disposable cameras

Compact lens-shutter cameras

Bridge cameras

Rangefinders

Twin lens reflex cameras

Single lens reflex cameras

* How does a conventional camera work?

A conventional camera has three elements to make it work. The optical component or lens, the chemical component or film, and the mechanical component or the camera body itself. Here are the basic parts of a conventional camera and its functions:

- The lens is a curved piece of plastic or glass that takes the beams of light rebounding off an object and redirects them to the camera operator's eye.

- The film's job is to record the image the photographer sees by chemically recording the pattern of light from the image. A film has a collection of little light-sensitive grains that record the light by chemically reacting to it.

- Excessive light exposed to the film means the shot will look completely washed out, and not enough light exposed to the film will produce photographs that are too dark.

* How does a digital camera work?

A digital camera works in a very similar to a traditional camera. It has a series of lense to focus light to form an image of an object or scene. However, instead of using film to record the light emitted by an object, it employs a semiconductor device that records the light electronically.

A digital camera is way more convenient if you want to e-mail your shots to your networks because you can produce instant photos without chemically processing the film, printing it onto photograph paper instead.

Professional photographers now use digital cameras due to the technological advancements that they afford. Therefore all the photographs that look amazing are a result of using digital cameras.




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