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Camera Basics: Parts and Settings Guide

The document describes the main parts of a camera, including the lens, shutter button, film advance lever, and film compartment. It explains how aperture and shutter speed work, with higher f-stops resulting in smaller apertures and longer depths of field, while lower f-stops have larger apertures and shorter depths of field. Faster shutter speeds result in less motion blur while slower shutter speeds produce more blur. To take a photo, the user focuses the lens, checks the light meter by pressing the shutter button halfway, and fully presses the button to take the picture.

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Camera Basics: Parts and Settings Guide

The document describes the main parts of a camera, including the lens, shutter button, film advance lever, and film compartment. It explains how aperture and shutter speed work, with higher f-stops resulting in smaller apertures and longer depths of field, while lower f-stops have larger apertures and shorter depths of field. Faster shutter speeds result in less motion blur while slower shutter speeds produce more blur. To take a photo, the user focuses the lens, checks the light meter by pressing the shutter button halfway, and fully presses the button to take the picture.

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PARTS OF THE CAMERA

Introduction to Photography

CAMERA
film-advance levershutter speed dial

flash shoe

shutter
button

len
s

rewind lever

camera back
view
er
film compartment

take-up spool

film-rewind button

prism
viewer

lens

ground glass

mirror

The higher the f-stop the smaller


the aperture opening.
Longer exposures, longer depth of
field.

The lower the f-stop the larger


the aperture opening.
Shorter exposures, shorter depth
of field

Shutter speed: the length of time that the shutter is left open.
The slower the shutter speed, the longer the exposure and the more
blurry moving objects appear.
The faster the shutter speed, the shorter the exposure and the less
blurry (or still) moving objects appear to be.

TAKING PHOTOS

Focus: adjust the focus of your camera using the


outer ring.

Press down on the shutter button halfway, this


will reveal the light meter on the inside of the
viewer, and make adjustments to your shutter
speed, if necessary, and aperture.

Make sure that the subject of your photograph is


crisp and clear

Keep in mind how changing your shutter speed


and/or your aperture will affect your depth of field
and any objects that are in motion.

Press down on the shutter button fully to take


your photo. You will hear the wonderful click of
the shutter open and close.

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