1. TYPES OF CAMERAS Leland High School Fall 2015

2. VIEWFINDER CAMERA (point and shoot)

3. Point and Shoot Camera

4. FEATURES & USES Eye level shooting Small peep hole Simple lens (focus free with fixed apertures) Basic settings Simple snapshots Subjects 5-15 feet away

5. Advantages: Simple, easy to use Inexpensive Small Portable No Control Parallax (an effect in photography where the image seen in the viewfinder is not framed the same as the image seen through the lens, because the viewfinder is in a slightly different position to the lens) Only good in simple, basic situations No close ups or complicated situations Disadvantages :

6. Automatic point-and-shoot camera use circuit boards and electric motors, instead of gears and springs.

7. SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA (SLR)

8. Features and Uses Aperture & Shutter speed control Detachable/Interchangeable Lenses Attachable Lens unit Used for all types of photography

9. Single Lens Reflex Diagram

11. The mirror in an SLR camera directs the real image to the viewfinder. When you hit the shutter button, the mirror flips up so the real image is projected onto the film.

12. Advantages: Control Versatility Direct Image Disadvantages: -Complicated (numerous parts and features) -Bulky (hard to carry)

13. Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera

14. Twin Lens Reflex Camera (TLR)

15. Features and Uses Image on flat 2-D surface 2 separate lenses Professional high quality work Mobile shoots (fashion, portraits, advertising)

16. Advantages & Disadvantages Mechanically simple Great for Composition Cheaper and less prone to mechanical failure than SLRs High quality image View does not disappear (no shutter lag) Preferred by some professionals Reversed image on surface when viewing Awkward to use No interchangeable lenses No zoom

17. Leaf Shutter

18. VIEW CAMERA

19. Features and Uses Developed in the era of the daguerrotype (1840s-’50s) Bellows form a light tight seal Large viewing screen Large format film Fine adjustments possible High quality professional work (portraits, still lifes, architecture)

21. Advantages: High quality, detailed image Large viewing of image on flat screen Highly adjustable Disadvantages: -Hard to Use -Bulky (not portable)