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Camera Types

Camera Types. There are many kinds of cameras for many types of uses. Today we will learn about some of them. Any of them could be a digital camera. Camera Types. One guys collections with some 50+ film cameras http://www.flickr.com/photos/metalkpirate1day/2125008121/.

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Camera Types

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  1. Camera Types There are many kinds of cameras for many types of uses. Today we will learn about some of them. Any of them could be a digital camera.

  2. Camera Types • One guys collections with some 50+ film cameras • http://www.flickr.com/photos/metalkpirate1day/2125008121/

  3. Why So Many Different Types??

  4. Single Lens Reflex Twin Lens Reflex Main Camera Types • Viewfinder • View Camera • Pinhole • Any of the above can be a Digital camera. A digital camera is simply the medium that an image is recorded on.

  5. Pinhole Camera

  6. Pinhole Diagram

  7. Advantages of Pinhole Camera • Very inexpensive • Easy to make one…materials can be found from existing household items: oatmeal container (or similar item), aluminum foil and tape. • Artistic impression • Maximum depth of field (area in focus)

  8. Disadvantages of Pinhole Camera • No controls • Long exposures • Can NOT view what the camera sees

  9. Usages of Pinhole Cameras • Learn how light works • Learn how cameras work • Artsy photos

  10. Types of Cameras, Part 2

  11. Types of Cameras • 5 Main Types (there are others) • Pinhole • Viewfinder • Single Lens Reflex • Twin Lens Reflex • View *All of the above can be a digital camera

  12. Pinhole Camera Lens Based Camera Obscura, 1568

  13. Pinhole Camera • this is like the Camera Obscura…just a light tight box with a hole and cover as a shutter. Matchbox Pinhole Camera • a.       Advantages: Easy to use, inexpensive…can make from home materials, Artsy view of subjects (impressionistic) • b.      Disadvantages: No controls, low pictures quality

  14. Viewfinder Digital Cameras

  15. Viewfinder • Viewfinder - Uses a separate window for viewing as the lens for taking the picture. IOW, you are not really looking at a real live image. This applies to most P&S Digital Cameras. a.       Advantages: Easy to use, “point and shoot” cameras, focus free, small compact cameras b.      Disadvantages: Few controls…no creative picture control, low picture quality with the cheaper cameras (especially disposable with plastic parts)

  16. Viewfinder

  17. SLR – Single Lens Reflex • The Pentax K1000 and ZX-M are two SLRs we use. • Viewing & exposure is done through the same lens (TTL).

  18. SLR – Single Lens Reflex a.Advantages: TTL is best way to acquire images spontaneously, with no parallax error, TTL light metering, usually have a wide variety of interchangeable lenses, a variety of controlled adjustments with a wide range of shutter speeds, exposure assisted by a CPU b.Disadvantages: Frequently have complicated controls, larger camera size, bulky when carrying extra lenses, shutter and mirror reflex system tends to be noisy

  19. SLR – Single Lens Reflex

  20. DSLR – Digital Single Lens Reflex • Pentax K100d DSLR we use in class.

  21. Several Options with each Brand

  22. SLR System

  23. TLR – Twin Lens Reflex • Uses two lenses synchronized for viewing and exposure.

  24. TLR – Twin Lens Reflex a.       Advantages: Larger film size for high quality enlargements, TTL focusing due to the viewing and taking lenses being tied together, critical focus magnifier to give extra image detail, image always visible in viewfinder, even when the shutter is activated, convenience of both waist-level and eye level “shooting”. b.      Disadvantages: Lots of controls, large sized camera, many models do not have interchangeable lenses, image laterally reversed from left-to-right in the waist level viewfinder, some parallax error.

  25. Size of Imager (film or sensor)

  26. TLR – Twin Lens Reflex

  27. View Digital Backs can be purchased for just about any camera. For a Medium Format camera expect to spend: $30,000 or more!

  28. View • Large format camera that allows for control of the focal plane, especially for use for landscape and architecture.

  29. View

  30. View

  31. View • This photo of a mountain scene captured using a 4x5 View Camera and a 90mm wide-angle lens (roughly the equivalent of a 28mm lens in 35mm format). The foreground-to-background sharpness is a result of tilting the front standard, placing the focus plane diagonal to the film plane.

  32. View a.       Advantages: Allows for perspective and distortion control of landscapes and architecture, large film size allows for very large prints (poster sized), variety of special-use attachments, directly viewing of the image TTL, wide selection of lenses b.      Disadvantages: Lots of controls, VERY large sized and heavy camera, most models require the use of a tripod, image difficult to see on viewing glass, takes considerable time to set up and use, image lost on viewing glass after film holder is inserted, photographer needs to know when and how to use the four standard movements.

  33. View Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic 4x5

  34. View Digital Back Alternative - This shows how Keith Cooper (http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/canon-view-camera.html) adapted his Canon 1Ds as a digital back for a MPP monorail view camera.

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