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Components of Digital Camera and Equipment

CAMERA

MANUAL MODE

Manual mode means a full manual control of Aperture and Shutter Speed. In this mode,

you can automatically set-up both the aperture and the shutter speed to any rate

you want. The camera allows you to fully take over the exposure controls. This mode is

normally used when the camera finds it hard to figure out the right exposure in extreme lighting problems. For example, if you are photographing an in a very bright area, the

camera might incorrectly guess the exposure and overexpose or underexpose the rest of the picture that you have taken. In that type

of situation, you can set your camera to manual mode, then change the amount of

light in darker and brighter areas and overrule the exposure with your own settings.

Pros of using manual mode.• Your able to adjust the settings to how

you would like.• This could be for example adjusting the

lighting and make a dimmer background to make a picture stand

out.• It is cheap and also automatic to use.

Cons of using manual mode.• Its difficult to use.

• I your on armature and your using manual mode it would be difficult to

take good shots.

Automatic mode

The best time to use automatic mode is when your camera is completely loaded because it automatically adjusts to the environment also when you turn it to

automatic mode you can choose to either use normal flash or red flash.

Pros of using Automatic Mode• It automatically adjusts to

the environment.• It’s easy to use especially

for beginners.• You can adjust it to what is

suitable for the photographer.

Cons of using Automatic Mode• When you need control over

the shutter it wont allow you to do that.

Capturing Images

ViewfinderA viewfinder is a section of a

camera where the image captured by the lens and is

projected electronically onto a display. The image on this display is used to help aiming the camera

at the scene that is being photographed.

Pros of a Viewfinder• With most cameras it would

show 100% coverage.• You can shoot in bright

sunlight very well.

Cons of a Viewfinder• With some cameras it

can be slow.• You can’t be sure where

you focused the camera on.

CAMERA LENS

A camera lens is to help see through the camera when taking a photo. The camera lens helps you see hoe far you zoomed in or out and helps you see how you controlled the blurriness and everything else so the camera lens helps to see if you have done everything properly.

Pro: • Focal-Length

Flexibility

Con:• Not As Sharp

Image sensor

An image sensor senses and detects information in an image. They use this by collecting light waves from the image, as the waves passes through it collects the objects information.

Aperture

The aperture is basically the diaphragm of the lens of a camera. It controls how much light passes through into the camera to create a perfect clear picture which is not to dark or not to light.

The shutter is the main curtain of the camera lens. It protects the camera lens from getting damaged. It also allows light to pass through when taking a picture.

Shutter

A memory card is a small card that is placed inside a camera to save memory and previous information taken with that device , for example pictures or videos.

Memory card

LIGHTINGFlashFlash is lighting that happens when taking a picture. It makes the picture look more brighter and clearer when taken. Also if you have a black background it makes the foreground stand out.

ColourThe importance of colour in photography is important because it can represent many different things. It can represent someone's feelings and many other things. When taking a picture you take it in colour but a long time ago that is not how it worked. When taking a picture now you can choose whether to pick colour or not.

WHITE BALANCE

White balance is a form of colour change when taking a photo to make a picture look more clean and light. If the white balance is too high then the picture would look more ashy and the colour brightness would not stand out.

LightingWhen taking pictures sometimes you need lighting to make a picture look more clearer. There are different types of lighting when taking pictures for different types of reasons. Such as artificial lighting, this is when you want a picture to look as if it has very good light control. There are many others such as tungsten, fluorescent and natural lighting.

SUPPORTHand Held

There are different ways people handle camera when taking a picture or for certain type of pictures. This is one of them and it is hand held. This is when you use your hands to take photos and control the camera , this is the most common way of taking pictures.

Tripod

This is also a common way of taking pictures, by using a tripod you are also able to control the camera well but you are also able to take better pictures because it wont shake as much when taking pictures.

Bibliographyhttp://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2013/04/08/how-to-use-a-camera-master-manual-mode-for-total-control/

http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/digital-cameras/the-pros-and-cons-of-manual-mode-and-auto-mode-in-cameras/

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