Camera formats

1. Camera formats It’s an artistic choice

2. Making choices • Art does not magically appear; people create it. • Painters decide on canvas, paper or board…and what brushes to use and whether it will be acrylic, watercolor or oil.

3. Making choices • Photographers make choices too…and the ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY lies in those choices.

4. Making choices • The three building blocks of photographic imagery are LIGHT, TIME and SUBJECT. No matter what you are photographing, all your images are made with these ingredients. Anne Geddes

5. Choices shape the image • Every choice – which camera you use, which film or digital capture, how image is composed, when the shutter is tripped, the f-stop and shutter speed used, how film is developed and print created – has an impact on the final photograph. Art Wolfe

6. Camera formats • No single camera can do everything…the type or format of the camera determines how big the negative will big (for pixel per inch for digital)

7. 35 mm Single lens reflex • Until recently, most photojournalists used 35mm for nearly every assignment. It’s still one of the most widely used camera formats ever made. • 35mm camera produces a negative about 1 x 1 ½ inches in size

8. 35 mm Single lens reflex • The name (SLR) means you actually look through the lens that is taking the picture, through the use of a mirror and prism. • These cameras have interchangeable lenses and are especially good for sports, wildlife, and close-up photography.

9. 35 mm rangefinder • Rangefinders are more basic that SLR’s. They are high quality and many have interchangeable lenses with a separate viewfinder window for composing the picture. You DON’T look through the lens. • These cameras are valued by photographers who want sharp results over ease and speed of use. • Street photographers use them for low light settings because of their bright viewfinder and quiet shutter.

10. Kodak’s importance • Kodak is basically the company that put cameras into the hands of the average consumer…into most homes.

11. Kodak’s importance • This is the Kodak Box Brownie…it used medium format film (old 620 film) and was a starter camera for many famous photographers like Ansel Adams.

12. Kodak’s importance • Kodak created colorful designer cameras as will…to fit the times and flow of society.

13. Kodak’s importance • Kodak created colorful designer cameras as will…to fit the times and flow of society.

14. Kodak Retina Series • With the Retina series, Kodak created the concept of daylight loading film in 35mm format. They created the 35mm film cassette that we still use today…it can be loaded into the camera in daylight (no more need to load in the dark)

15. Twin Lens reflex • TLR’s have a focusing and a viewing lens…hence the “double eye” or twin. • These cameras are called “medium format” as they create larger negatives (use 120mm film) which produce sharper images at large (11x14 and higher) sizes. • Many professional and portrait photographers use medium format.

16. Twin Lens reflex • Some companies are producing 35mm TLR’s…the colorful cameras in the bottom right are called “Blackbird Fly” and are basically plastic. They’re easy to use and shoot standard 35mm film which is easy to process.

17. 35 mm DSLR (Digital) • The name (SLR) means you actually look through the lens that is taking the picture, through the use of a mirror and prism. • These cameras have interchangeable lenses and are especially good for sports, wildlife, and close-up photography.