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Manual35mmSLRCameraControls

Asingle-lensreflexcamera(SLR)typicallyusesamirrorandprismsystem(hence"reflex",fromthemirror'sreflec;on)thatpermitsthephotographertoviewthroughthelensandseeexactlywhatwillbecaptured,contrarytoviewfindercameraswheretheimagecouldbesignificantlydifferent

fromwhatwillbecaptured.

SingleLensReflex

35mmSLRCamera-Front

FrameCounterFilm-AdvanceLever

ShuKerReleaseBuKon

ShuKerSpeedDial

FilmSpeedRa;ng(ISO)

ShuKerSpeed

Indicator

DirectXContactHotShoeorAccessoryShoe

LensMount

FilmRewindCrank

FilmRewindMechanism

Grip

DepthofFieldPreviewBuKon

SelfTimerSwitch ApertureDial FocusingDial

DepthofFieldGuide

LensReleaseBuKon

LabelTheControls(Front)

Syncterminal

35mmSLRCamera-Back

FilmRewindShaW

FilmChamber

View-FinderEyepiece ShuKerCurtain

BaKeryCompartment TripodMount

Socket

FilmRewindReleaseBuKon

SprocketWheel

FilmTake-UpSpool CameraBack

LabelTheControls(Back)

HowToLoad/Unload35mmFilm

Focusing

TheFM2isprovidedwiththeTypeK2focusingscreenasstandard.Lookthroughtheviewfinderwhileturningthefocusingringun;lthetwohalvesofthesplitimagecoincideperfectlytoformasingleunbrokenimageandtheimageinthemicroprismgridappearssharp.Correctfocuswillthenbesecured.

Se_ngtheCorrectExposure

First,posi;onyourmainsubjectatthecentreofthefieldofviewinsidetheviewfinder.ThenturntheshuKerspeeddialand/orlensapertureringun;ltheLEDlampforthesymbolforcorrectexposureOlightsup.Overexposureisindicatedbya+andunderexposureisindicatedbya–symbol.

ExposureTriangle

Noise/Grain

FilmSpeed(ISO)Filmspeedisthemeasureofaphotographicfilm'ssensi;vitytolight,determined

bysensitometryandmeasuredonvariousnumericalscales,themostrecentbeingtheISOsystem.DigitalcamerasensorsmeasureISOinthesamewayasfilm.

Intradi=onal(film)photographyISO(orASA)istheindica;onofhowsensi;veafilmistolight.Itismeasuredinnumbers(you’veprobablyseenthemonfilms–100,200,400,800etc).Thelowerthenumberthelowerthesensi;vityofthefilmandthe

finerthegrainintheshotsyou’retaking.

InDigitalPhotographyISOmeasuresthesensi;vityoftheimagesensor.Thesameprinciplesapplyasinfilmphotography–thelowerthenumberthelesssensi;veyourcameraistolightandthelessnoiseisvisible.

ApertureInop;cs,anapertureisaholeoranopeningthroughwhichlighttravels.

ShuKerSpeedInphotography,shuEerspeedorexposure=meisthelengthof;meacamera'sshuKerisopen

whentakingaphotograph.

Aperture&ShuKerSpeed

DepthofField(DOF)Inop;cs,par;cularlyasitrelatestofilmandphotography,depthoffield(DOF)isthedistancebetweenthe

nearestandfarthestobjectsinascenethatappearacceptablysharpinanimage.

DepthOfFieldExample