Getting to Know Your Camera

Lesson: 21-09-2015

Memory Check

What two Greek words make up the term 'photograph'?

• phōtos - meaning 'light'
• graphé - meaning 'representation by means of lines'

List two essential items you need to complete your photography course.

• SD Card; 32 GB; Class 10
• Camera

What do we do to make the camera achieve focus?

• Hold the shutter button halfway down.

The 'mode dial' on our camera has the following four acronyms, what do they stand for and what do they control?

• 'A' = Aperture - the opening of the lens. The  larger the hole, the more light that gets in; the smaller the hole, the less light that gets in. 
• 'P' = Program - the program setting controls the ISO, white balance, shutter speed and aperture.
• 'S' = Shutter Speed - how fast or slow the shutter moves.
• 'M' = Manual - allows full control of the camera.

 

In this lesson, we were introduced to the camera we would be using in our photography lessons. First, we were given a camera to look at and we had to draw the front, rear and top elevation in the boxes we were provided with. We then had to label any parts of the camera we might already know before we went through it and added in the labels of the camera.