| Photography Q&A: Types Of Photography
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| | of an object or scene. However, instead
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| Equipment
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| | of using film to record the light emitted
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| By Travis Partrige
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| | by an object, it uses a semiconductor
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| * What are the different types of
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| | device that records the light
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| cameras?
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| | electronically.
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| There are six types of cameras available
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| | A digital camera is much more convenient
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| today in conventional film cameras, and
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| | if you want to email your photos to a
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| some of these types are also available in
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| | friend, because you can produce instant
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| the more sophisticated digital cameras.
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| | photos without chemically processing the
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| These are:
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| | film, printing it onto photo paper and
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| Single use cameras, commonly called
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| | then having to use a scanner to email it.
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| disposable cameras
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| | * What equipment do I need with a
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| Compact lens-shutter cameras
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| | conventional camera?
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| Bridge cameras
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| | The equipments you need with a
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| Rangefinders
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| | conventional camera depends on whether
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| Twin lens reflex cameras
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| | you are a professional photographer or a
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| Single lens reflex cameras
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| | recreational photographer. The equipment
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| * How does a conventional camera work?
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| | you need for conventional cameras are:
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| A conventional camera has three elements
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| | - Camera bag
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| to make it work. The optical element or
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| | - Lens kit
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| lens, the chemical element or film, and
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| | - Lens bag
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| the mechanical element or the camera body
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| | - Lens cap
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| itself. Here are the basic parts of a
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| | - Flash kit
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| conventional camera and its functions:
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| | - Film canister
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| - The lens - It is a curved piece of
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| | - Spare film
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| glass or plastic that takes the beams of
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| | You can also buy film-developing
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| light bouncing off an object and
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| | equipment if you prefer to process your
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| redirects them to the camera operator's
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| | photographs yourself.
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| eye.
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| | * What equipment do I need with a digital
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| - The film - Its job is to record the
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| | camera?
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| image the camera operator sees by
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| | With digital cameras, the equipment you
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| chemically recording the pattern of light
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| | need is much the same as with a
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| from the image. A film has a collection
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| | conventional camera but without the film
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| of tiny light-sensitive grains that
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| | and film canister. Here is the basic
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| record the light by chemically reacting
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| | equipment needed with a digital camera:
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| to it.
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| | - Camera bag
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| - The camera body - Basically, exposing
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| | - Lens kit
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| light to the film is not enough to get a
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| | - Lens bag
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| picture. The film also needs to be
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| | - Lens cap
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| protected from being exposed too long to
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| | - Flash kit
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| light. A camera is a sealed box with
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| | - USB connector
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| shutter between the lens and the film;
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| | If you want to print it on photo paper
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| the shutter controls the amount light
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| | you do not need chemicals for it. All you
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| that comes in through the lens.
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| | need are:
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| Too much light exposed to the film means
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| | - Computer
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| the picture will look completely washed
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| | - Computer printer
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| out, and not enough light exposed to the
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| | - USB connector
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| film will produce photos that are too
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| | - Photo paper
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| dark. A conventional camera also has a
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| | * Do I need a tripod?
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| part called a diaphragm and a shutter
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| | Not necessarily. Professional
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| speed the photographer can control.
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| | photographers commonly use a tripod to
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| * How does a digital camera work?
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| | enable them to focus more accurately on
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| A digital camera works much like a
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| | the subject. Tripods are used in studios
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| conventional camera. It has a series of
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| | and at events, like weddings, that
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| lenses to focus light to create an image
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| | require precision photography.
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