Scovone Star Magazine 2015-2016 | Page 43

Cool Cameras Capture Pictures

Someone taking a picture with their iPhone. cameras built into them. Same with some tablets.
Another type of digital camera is the SLR( single lens reflex) camera. The way SLR the camera captures an image is a mirror flips up and lets light onto the recording medium. When you are looking through the eye hole, the light goes off of a main mirror, off of more mirrors, and into the eye hole. That is not how a normal camera works. An example of a normal camera is the Polaroid.
The first instant camera is the Polaroid. The Polaroid produced black and white photos on a special film. When you pressed the button the shutter opens and light comes onto the film. The Polaroid was made in 1947 by Edwin Herbert. Even though other cameras at the time were bigger they still produced the same black and white photos.
The Point and Shoot camera( a. k. a. The Compact camera) is designed for a simple operation. It is a digital camera.
Some people use focus free or auto focus lenses. Some have flash units built in.
Cameras work in different ways, all of them cool.
ACCESSORIES A lot of people use camera accessories. Most of them you probably would not think of them as accessories. Some of those are straps, lenses, filters, etc. Also there are things that are obvious that they are accessories, like a camera skin.
The snug-it camera skin is a case that protects your camera. The skin gives you button accessibility. The skins can come in different colors and different shapes to match your camera. There is even a plug-in spot for the remote shutter release.
A remote shutter release is kind of like a selfie stick, but for a camera. There is a spot where you plug a cord into a camera, and on the other side of the cord is a button. If you push the button it takes the picture.
It is a great accessory for taking selfies. If you don’ t want to shake the camera while taking a picture, you can use this accessory. Also if you want to take even better pictures, use the mini soft box.
The mini softbox is a mini version of the soft box which bounces light off of a second surface( diffused light), therefore it is easier to carry around. Mini soft
boxes can clip to the top of some cameras. The mini softbox produces diffused light to eliminate shadows. If you want your pictures to be better, but your camera to be lighter, you might like filters.
There are many different kinds of filters. Four of them are the diffusion filter, the polarizing filter, the natural density filter, and the fog filter.
The diffusion filter blurs the image a little. This makes the picture look softer. However, this filter is the opposite of the natural density filter.
The natural density filter changes the amount of light to remove the blurs. If the picture is too bright it can lower the light. Also, this filter is similar to the polarizing filter.
The polarizing filter removes the washed out or faded effect. So if your pictures look faded, you should use this filter. Now, if you like the faded effect, you will like the fog filter.
The fog filter does exactly what it sounds like, it fogs up the picture. A lot of people do not like the fog filter, but some people do. It changes the light in some parts of the picture.
There are many more accessories than were listed, all of them different.
A camera is like your brain. Once you see something, you don’ t forget it for a very long time. If you take a picture, it won’ t fade for a long time.
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