Camera AnalysisUnit 10 Digital Photography

Camera• You can tell if a camera is automatic or manual by just looking at the picture. For example, in an

automatic camera, there is less lighting in the picture whereas in a manual camera, there is much more lighting which makes the picture come out better.

The shooting mode dial is where the manual mode button is located and it is labelled as ‘M’. Manual mode allows you to control the speed of the photos being taken and also the camera shutters. Also, manual mode allows you to have more control over the camera. This means that you will be more in charge of taking picture.

The shooting mode dial is where the automatic mode button in located and it is labelled as ‘A’. Automatic mode allows the camera to be in charge of the speed of the photos being taken and also the speed of the shutters. Also, automatic mode allows you to do less work when taking photos because automatic mode will take it when you add a timer before the image has been taken.

Cameras on a smartphone e.g. on a iPhone 6s, it has strong camera qualities for selfies and just normal cameras. It has a front and back camera. This means that you will be able to take pictures from the front and back of the smartphone. On a smartphone, it has an manual and automatic mode. This is so that people can get the best quality photos from their smartphones.

Capturing Image• When capturing pictures, there are many different types which are Viewfinder, Lens, Image Sector,

Aperture, Shutter and Memory. All these are types of ways to capture images which are all found on a camera.

Viewfinder:A viewfinder is used to help the photographer take the picture. Its what he looks into so that the photographer can get a better view on taking the picture. Also, it focuses more on the picture.

Lens:The lens is used to help the photographer focus more of the image. Its what photographers eyes focus on to try and capture a clear, well taken photo.

Image Sensor:A sensor is a solid-state device which captures the light required to form a digital image. This means that it helps you get a clear picture of what you are taking. It has millions of pixels with will help you take better pictures.

Aperture:

Shutter:

Memory:Having a memory card is very useful. It is useful because whatever pictures you take, it will automatically get saved onto the memory card. This means that you will never lose your pictures if something bad happens to the camera.

File Storage• There are different types of file storages. Some are JPEG and RAW and there are different sized storage sizes. There can be very

big ones whereas there can be very small one.

Types

RAW file storage: In RAW files, there are positives and negatives. For example, one positive is that they are best to save things on. This is because they are large files so therefore they can contain a lot of images. However, one negative of a RAW file is that they are not cheap. This means that having a RAW file storage will cost you a lot of money to just to have a big file of photos.

JPEG file storage:In JPEG files, there are positives and negatives. For example, one positive is that it is easier to export things on by using a JPEG. This means that it will be easier and a lot quicker to send images to other devices; also, JPEG files are very portable. However, one negative of a JPEG file is that they can reduce the quality of the image when sending it to others. This means that the image when received will have a terrible camera quality.

Lighting• There are many different types of camera lighting. They are flash, exposure, colour, white balance and lights.

They are used on different levels so that the quality of the photo will be good. The use of light in a picture can be the deciding factor of whether that picture will be good or terrible.

Flash:The flash on the camera when the photo is taken determines whether the picture will be bright, normal or dark. One positive of using flash on a camera flash is that it will be a cleaner look to the diffusers you use to soften your lighting whereas one negative of using flash on a camera is that many cameras have a pop up flash that will have to be covered or diffused before the universal flash can be used.

White Balance:In photography, White balance is the process of removing unrealistic colour casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the colour temperature of a light source, which refers to the relative warmth or coolness of white light. One negative of white balance is that whenever you change locations or lighting conditions, you should adjust your white balance settings as well. One positive is that you are essentially telling the camera what white looks like.