Camera Types and Parts

Two Types

• Manual

• Automatic

Types of Automatic

• Point and Shoot/Rangefinder/Viewfinder

• SLR HAS Automatic Settings now, but is not considered an automatic Camera

Characteristics of Automatic Cameras

• Point n’ shoot• 1st Amateur Camera• You view through the viewfinder/camera views

through the lens• Parallax problem, must adjust framing• Aperture limited, 3 stops, no controls, set

aperture, focus and shutter speed• Zoom lens with auto focus• Disposable Camera

Types of Manual

• View Camera

• Twin Lens Reflex

• Single Lens Reflex (SLR)

Characteristics of a View Camera

• Bellows adjust distortion• 1st camera invented• Used by professionals• Easy to frame• Picture shows up upside down• Must use a tripod• You see through the camera lens• Takes 1 shot at a time• Exchange lenses• Uses large and medium format film

Characteristics of a TLR

• TLR=Twin Lens Reflex• Professional use, lighter weight• Medium Format Film• You see through one lens, the camera

sees through the other• Parallax problem• Portrait photography for sharper printing

Characteristics of an SLR

• SLR=Single Lens Reflex• Professional and Amateur use• Mirrors allow you to see through the

camera lens• Exchangeable lenses• Light weight and small format roll film• You control aperture, focus, film speed

and shutter speed

Other types of cameras

• Panorama: wide views, lens swings in an arc or wide angle lens

Other types of cameras

• Underwater: depth limitations.

Other types of cameras

• Polaroid/instant: produce a print within seconds

Other types of cameras

• Stereo: takes two pictures at the same time through side-by-side lenses. The result is a stereograph: gives the illusion of three dimensions when seen in a stereo viewer