Parts of a Camera:- Shutter release

- Film Advance Lever

- Shutter Speed Dial

- Hot Shoe

- View Finder

- Rewind Crank

- Sync Cord Receptor

- Film Compartment

- Sprockets

- Take-up Spool

- Focal Plane Shutter

- Rewind Release Button

- Battery Compartment

- Lens:

- Glass

- Mirror

- Pentaprism

Properly Holding the Camera

Arm close to Body

Lens Barrel

Aperture f/stop examples:

Depth of Field

Large aperture Stopping down Maximum aperture

Aperture at f/2.8 - Narrow Depth of Field

Aperture at f/22 - Greatest Depth of Field

Camera-to-SubjectRelationship

Depth of Field - Selection

Background distracting Larger aperture reducesbackground texture - smaller Depth of Field

Trickle versus Flow

Water Faucet Turned:Like Aperture - How much, how fast.

Controls the Flow:Shutter speedControls flow of light to the film.

Shutter Speed

Stopping the actionOf the water moving - Fast shutter speed

Allowing the water to blur -Slow shutter speed -More descriptive and interesting

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2 stops overexposed

1 stop overexposed

Camera meter reading:Correct exposure

1 stop underexposed

2 stops underexposed

Film Sensitivity to Light

A box of film has an ISO (International Standard Organization) number. Film is either slow, medium, or fast:

- ISO below 50 - slow

- ISO 125/200 - medium

- ISO 400 and above - fast

Structure of Film

Structure of Enlarger

Enlarger parts:- Elevation post- Enlarger head- Lamp housing- Condenser- Filter drawer- Elevation control- Focus control- Lens

Resin Coated Paper Structure