11/18/2011

Types Of Photography Gear

By Shawn Smith


There are 6 kinds of cameras currently available in traditional cameras, and a number of these types are also available in the more complicated digital cameras. These are:

Single use cameras, frequently 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 glass or plastic that takes the beams of light bouncing 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 miniscule light-sensitive grains that record the light by chemically reacting to it.

- Too much light exposed to the film means the picture will look totally washed out, and not enough light exposed to the film will produce pictures that are too dark.

* How does a digital camera work?

A digital camera works in a similar to a traditional camera. It has a number of lense to focus light to make a picture of an object or scene. But instead of film to record the light emitted by the subject, it uses a semiconductor device that records the light electronically.

A digital camera is much more convenient if you'd like to email your photos to a friend, as you can produce instant photographs without chemically processing the film, printing it onto photo paper instead.

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




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