TYPES OF CAMERAS

Leland High School

Fall 2015

VIEWFINDER CAMERA(point and shoot)

Point and Shoot Camera

FEATURES & USES• Eye level shooting• Small peep hole• Simple lens (focus free

with fixed apertures)• Basic settings

• Simple snapshots• Subjects 5-15 feet

away

Advantages: • Simple, easy to use• Inexpensive• Small• Portable

• No Control

• Parallax (an effect in photography where the image seen in the viewfinder is not framed the same as the image seen through the lens, because the viewfinder is in a slightly different position to the lens)

• Only good in simple, basic situations• No close ups or complicated

situations

Disadvantages:

Automatic point-and-shoot camera use circuit boards and electric motors, instead of gears and springs.

SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA (SLR)

Features and Uses

• Aperture & Shutter speed control• Detachable/Interchangeable Lenses• Attachable Lens unit• Used for all types of photography

Single Lens Reflex Diagram

Single Lens Reflex Diagram

The mirror in an SLR camera directs the real image to the viewfinder. When you hit the shutter button, the mirror flips up so the real image is projected onto the film.

Advantages:

• Control• Versatility• Direct Image

Disadvantages:

-Complicated (numerous parts and features)

-Bulky (hard to carry)

Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera

Twin Lens Reflex Camera (TLR)

Features and Uses

• Image on flat 2-D surface

• 2 separate lenses

• Professional high quality work

• Mobile shoots (fashion, portraits, advertising)

Advantages & Disadvantages

• Mechanically simple

• Great for Composition

• Cheaper and less prone to mechanical failure than SLRs

• High quality image

• View does not disappear (no shutter lag)

• Preferred by some professionals

• Reversed image on surface when viewing

• Awkward to use• No interchangeable

lenses• No zoom

Leaf Shutter

VIEW CAMERA

Features and Uses• Developed in the era of the

daguerrotype (1840s-’50s)• Bellows form a light tight

seal• Large viewing screen• Large format film• Fine adjustments possible• High quality professional

work (portraits, still lifes, architecture)

Advantages:• High quality,

detailed image• Large viewing of

image on flat screen

• Highly adjustable

Disadvantages:

-Hard to Use

-Bulky (not portable)