Module 5.1

Question 1

Point and Shoot Camera

Answer 1

Pros: small, light, no tripod, fixed lens, fairly cheap
Cons: poor quality, limited control (aperture, shutter speed)

Question 2

Digital Single-Lens Reflex Camera (DSLR)

Answer 2

Pros: much higher quality, better control, see what you shoot, different lenses (macroscopic, telescopic, etc.)
Cons: several thousand $, complex, weight and size, fragile

Question 3

Cell phone usage

Answer 3

Do not use
Can face defense discovery motion asking to access phone
Can be inadvertently shared (separate work vs. personal)

Question 4

Shutter speed

Answer 4

Amount of light camera takes in
Often fractions (blur=side effect)
Humans can only hold 1/50 second steady, after need tripod

Question 5

International standards organization (ISO)

Answer 5

How much light we are letting in
Higher # = more light
Higher the ISO, more noise (grainy)

Question 6

Aperture (F-stop)

Answer 6

How open the lens is
Like dilating retina
More open, more light
Higher #, smaller opening
Lower FStop, less depth
Higher FStop, higher depth
Depth-amount of area in foreground and background of object in focus

Question 7

What happens when you change 1 setting?

Answer 7

Others also change

Question 8

White balance

Answer 8

Making sure image is accurate
Light is seen in wavelengths of light
Visible is 400-700nm
Adjust to get colors accurate