CHAPTER 2 ( ESSENTIAL PARTS OF CAMERA ...)

Question 1

ESSENTIAL PARTS OF A CAMERA

Answer 1

1) BODY/ LIGHT TIGHT BOX
2) LENS
3) FILM HOLDER
4) SHUTTER
5) VIEW FINDER
6) FILM ADVANCER & LEVER
7) SHUTTER SPEED
8) LENS APERTURE
9) FOCUSING MECHANISM

Question 2

Part of the camera that is very important because of its capability to exclude all the unwanted light that might expose the film.

Answer 2

Light Tight Box or Body

Question 3

The lens is the image forming device on a camera, a glass, plastic, or crystal optical element molded into a curved shape that can bend and focus rays of light; responsible for focusing the rays of light coming from the subject

Answer 3

Lens or Pinhole

Question 4

Holds the film firmly inside the camera

Answer 4

Film Holder

Question 5

Device used to control the amount of time during which light is allowed to enter the camera and register on the film or image sensor; serves as the barrier of the rays of light that will enter and affect the film inside the camera

Answer 5

Shutter

Question 6

An optical or electrical device used to compose and frame a scene; shows the entire scene coverage that can be recorded in the film inside the camera; also called a view system, a finder or a viewing screen.

Answer 6

Viewfinder or Viewing System

Question 7

A mechanism for moving film from one spool to another incrementally one frame at a time.

Answer 7

Film Advancer & Lever

Question 8

It will control the duration between the opening and closing of the shutter.

Answer 8

Shutter Speed

Question 9

An opening (diaphragm) in a light-blocking plate that allows light to strike the film or image sensor; the ratio between the diameter and focal length of the lens; the light gathering power of the lens.

Answer 9

Lens Aperture

Question 10

The sharpness or clearness of the objects being photographed will depend upon the focusing system of the camera.

Answer 10

Focusing Mechanism

Question 11

The physical point at which rays of light from a lens converge to form a properly defined image of the subject.

Answer 11

Focus

Question 12

When pressed, this button manually lifts the mirror inside the camera. This is useful for minimizing camera shake, which can use out-of-focus image during high magnification photography.

Answer 12

Mirror Lock-up Button

Question 13

A button either on the camera or on the lens which turns the auto-focus feature on and off.

Answer 13

Auto focus/Manual Focus Button

Question 14

Is the abbreviation for the International Standards Organization. In the “old days” this was called the ASA or American Standards Association

Answer 14

ISO/ASA Button or Dial

Question 15

To remove the lens from the body on most new cameras, press in this button and twist the lens to unlatch it. On some older cameras, the lens is literally unscrewed from the body. If you are having problems focusing with auto- focus cameras and lenses, check to make sure the lens is tightly fastened to the camera body

Answer 15

Lens Release Button

Question 16

Press this button to “freeze” the exposure setting on the meter. This is useful if your composition places the neutral-toned object away from the metering points. Meter the subject, look the exposure and recompose, and take the picture.

Answer 16

Exposure Lock Button

Question 17

This automatically advance the film after the exposure is finished. Older cameras have located near the thumb when the finger is on the shutter release. Pulling this out turns on the meter. Ratcheting this out and to the right advances the film and readies the camera for the next shot

Answer 17

Manual Advance Lever

Question 18

This button will set the camera to take a picture 2 to 20 seconds after you press the shutter. This is the feature your use to put yourself in the photograph. It’s also useful if you have forgotten or lost the cable release.

Answer 18

Self Timer

Question 19

All look different on different cameras, some cameras have a switch which slides, twists or swings. Some older camera turn on their meters (that means the camera is on the power is draining from the battery) When the film advance lever is pulled out. Some camera requires two moves instead of one to turn it on; push in and turn at the same time

Answer 19

Off/On Button

Question 20

Controls the opening and closing of the shutter; regulates quantity of light that reaches and effects the film inside the camera; a dial which sets the length of time in which the light is allowed to enter the camera

Answer 20

SHUTTER SPEED DIAL - (SSD)

Question 21

The click of the camera which releases the shutter.

Answer 21

SHUTTER RELEASE BUTTON

Question 22

The mechanism that estimates the appropriate objects distance from the camera to form a sharp or clear image the photograph

Answer 22

FOCUSING MECHANISM

Question 23

The outer ring of the lens which is rotated or adjusted to obtain a clear and sharp photograph enables the photographer to adjust focal range.

Answer 23

Focusing the ring

Question 24

The focus index or range of sharp focus, a set of number which determines the appropriate depth of field.

Answer 24

Distance Scale

Question 25

The window to control how much light reaches the film, the mechanical device in the focusing assembly that is used by the photographer to adjust in the aperture.

Answer 25

DIAPHRAGM

Question 26

Refers to the diameter (size) of the camera lens opening. It is manifested by the F- stop step in the diaphragm ring.

Answer 26

APERTURE

Question 27

Film speed indicator

Answer 27

ASA DIAL/FILM SPEED DIAL