Types of Camera Two Types Manual Automatic Types

Types of Camera

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 • 1 st 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 1 st 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 a TLR Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines

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

Other types of cameras A stereo camera is a type of camera with two or more lenses with a separate image sensor or film frame for each lens. This allows the camera to simulate human binocular vision, and therefore gives it the ability to capture threedimensional images, a process known as stereo photography