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