The Camera

Questions and answers:

1. The camera obscura effect is an optical effect which was the first camera. The hole was the lens which focused and projected light onto the dark chamber.

2. When Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens understod optics and how to high quality glass lens, we got a step closer to creating the modern camera.

3. The parts of the first modern camera made by Niepce were a glass lens, film, and a dark box.

4. Both the modern digital cameras and Niepce's camera are made of the same things, lens, film, and a dark box.

5. Digital cameras use CCD to capture an image.

6. The difference between Auto Mode and Program Mode is that with Program Mode you can control flash and a few other camera settings.

7. The Portrait mode is used for blurring out the background of a picture. It works by using the fastest available lens setting which is aperture.

8. The Sports mode is used to freeze motion. It works by using the highest shutter speed possible.

9. You should do a half press on the trigger button because there is more control over focus, a faster camera response time, and it encourages better composition.

10. The Disabled Flash sign is used to turn your flash off.

11. The Auto Flash sign is used when you need more light.

12. If there is too much light your picture will look washed out.

13. If there is too little light then your picture will be too dark.

14. A stop is a a relative measure of light.

15. The new planet is one stop brighter if there were 2 suns instead of one.

16. The new planet is 2 stops brighter if there were 4 suns instead of 2.

17. A longer shutter speed gives you more light.

18. A shorter shutter speed gives you less light.

19. Aperture controls the brightness of a photo.

20. When adjusting the aperture you can increase the amount of light by setting large openings.