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Flashcards by Matt Penny, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Matt Penny
about 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Who came up with the camera obscura? | Aristotle and da Vinci |
| Pin-Hole Camera | Light rays from an external object enter a darkened chamber through a tiny hole in one wall, converge and cross, and project an inverted image of the outside scene on the opposite wall |
| Where does the word 'camera' come from? | CAMERA is derived from the Latin for chamber |
| The SLR (single lens reflex) Camera | 1) The standard configuration for amateur and professionals 2) Interchangeable lenses can be easily attached. 3) The eyepiece actually looks through the lens, providing a WYSIWYG view. |
| Who invented the Polaroid Camera? | Edwin Land in 1947 It created a finished black-and-white photograph in one minute. |
| How does Polaroid work? | Early Polaroid models film packs contain a special positive white paper that is not light sensitive. The film packs also hold jelly-like developer-fixer reagents and negative film. After exposure, the film is pressed against the paper by steel rollers. |
| Advantages of Digital Cameras | 1) pictures can be reviewed immediately, without the need for processing 2) You don’t have to expose a whole roll of film just to get one shot |
| Most digital cameras are considered ___________ | Point & Shoot |
| Features of Digital SLR Cameras | They usually use high resolution CCD chips, have a through-the-lens viewfinder, include large LCD displays, and are capable of taking multiple shots in rapid succession |
| The Camcorder | Records better quality video than digital cameras do |
| Broadcast Quality TV Cameras | VIDICON technology, Based on electron gun/vacuum tube technology |
| Disadvantages of Broadcast Quality TV Cameras | 1) Large 2) Heavy 3) Hot 4) High power demands 5) Susceptible to vibration and shock |
| Advantages of Broadcast Quality TV Cameras | 1) Bright 2) Sharp images 3) Sensitivity that closely matched the human eye. 4) They could even see through fog, haze and mist, better than we can. |
| Digital Cinematography Cameras | Virtually all movie theaters in the US now have DLP cinema projectors. |
| First film to be released digitally | In May 1999, Star Wars Episode I, was the first film to be distributed and shown digitally, although much of it was originally shot on film and later digitized |
| First film to be shot completely digitally | The May 2002 release of Star Wars Episode II, was the first all–digital live action feature, shot without a single roll of film. |
| Holography | A method of obtaining three-dimensional photographic images |
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