Monday, May 16, 2011

Rewind Knob

Usually rest around the pentaprism of the camera (but some were designed around the film rewind knob). It has an electrical contact which mated with a contact in the mounting foot of the flash unit.

Shutter Button

In photography the shutter-release button (sometimes just shutter release or shutter button) is a button found on many cameras, used to take a picture

ASA/ISO Dial

Dial to control ISO speed

ASA/ISO/Film Speed

Film speed is the measure of a photographic film's sensitivity to light, determined by sensitometry and measured on various numerical scales, the most recent being the ISO system.

Aperture

In optics, an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels.

Shutter Speed Control

On a digital camera, you can directly change the shutter speed in manual and shutter priority modes.

Shutter

In photography, a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene.

Lens

A camera lens (also known as photographic lens, objective lens or photographic objective) is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media capable of storing an image chemically or electronically.

TLR

A twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) is a type of camera with two objective lenses of the same focal length.

SLR

A single-lens reflex (SLR) camera is a camera that typically uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system that permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system (after a very small delay)

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