Question

Explain the various parts of a camera.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The main parts of the camera that are involved in the process are the camerabody, the camera shutter, the cameralens, the lens aperture, and thecamera's image sensor. The camera'sLCD screen is for previewing and then viewing the captured image. Thecamera body is a light proof box.

Answer 2

Answer:

Apart from the shutter and the aperture there are others parts of a camera which

are important for its functioning. Let us list them.

• View finder: This is the point from where we look and aim the camera in the

direction of the scene that is to be photographed.

• Shutter release: As mentioned earlier this is the button on the top of a camera

which when pressed takes the photograph.

• Lens: The lens is the most important part of a camera, because it is the

device through which we focus the subject or the picture onto the surface that

is going to record the photograph. A lens which is made of glass has a unique

property to bend the light rays and focus them on a sharp point. So when we

look at the image that is to be photographed through a lens it may appear soft

or blurred, but then by focussing it we can make it sharp. Now it is ready to

be photographed. Usually the aperture is also built inside the lens.

• Focussing ring: This is the adjustment that we use to bring the subject into

sharp focus. It is usually on the lens and has a scale that shows the distance of

the subject from the lens. By moving the ring clockwise or anti-clockwise we

adjust the focus. Most new cameras also have an automatic focussing

mechanism and such cameras are also referred to as autofocus cameras.

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The Camera

• Light meter: You have studied that the shutter and the aperture control light

and send in just the right amount for the picture to be taken. But how do we

decide about the right amount of light at the given moment when we are

taking the photo. This is measured and indicated by a light meter. The light

meter is either inside the view finder or on the screen that shows the picture.

The easy to use cameras have an automatic setting that reads the light and

accordingly sets the aperture and shutter speed.

Explanation:

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