Camera Anatomy

Question 1

What is the standard aspect ratio?

Answer 1

16x9,1080p

Question 2

What is an aspect ratio?

Answer 2

Relationship between width and height of the screen image

Question 3

What is the resolution?

Answer 3

The number of pixels that an image is made up of

Question 4

What is a pixel?

Answer 4

A square dot that is the smallest element of a image that can be individually processed

Question 5

What is the SD(Standard Definition)

Answer 5

640x480p

Question 6

What is the HD(High Definition)

Answer 6

1280x720p

Question 7

What is the menu button for?

Answer 7

movie recording quality

Question 8

What measures how open the iris is and allows more/less light to hit the sensor?

Answer 8

Aperature

Question 9

How would you know if there is more light hitting the sensor?

Answer 9

If the F stop number is lower

Question 10

How would you know if there is less light hitting the sensor?

Answer 10

If the F stop number is higher

Question 11

What does adjusting the F stop also affect?

Answer 11

The Depth of Field

Question 12

What is the Depth of Field?

Answer 12

How much in/out of focus

Question 13

What is the difference between shallow vs deeper Depth of Field?

Answer 13

Shallow =less focus
Deeper= more focus

Question 14

What does ISO stand for?

Answer 14

International Organization of Standardization

Question 15

What does the ISO do?

Answer 15

Measures the sensors sensitivity

Question 16

What happens if the iso is too high?

Answer 16

It becomes more distorted