Camera Basics

This week you will breakdown what makes a camera work, in other words camera anatomy. You will draw an illustration of the camera and label all of its parts. You can draw this on notability or on piece of paper. It must have an image of the camera from all angles required to show that you know where these parts are. You should use the camera you intend to use this term as the model you label. If you will be borrowing one we use either the Canon T5i or the Sony Alpha Mirrorless. However you choose to show me is up to you but you must cover the following:

  1. Mode dial

  2. Hot Shoe

  3. Strap Eyelet

  4. Power Switch

  5. Main Control Dial

  6. Shutter Release

  7. Lens, Focus Mode Switch

  8. Lens Release

  9. Flash Button

  10. Viewfinder

  11. LCD screen

  12. Playback Button

  13. White Balance Button

  14. Delete Button

  15. Exposure/Focus

  16. Live View

  17. Built in Flash

  18. Lens Mount

  19. Focal Plane Mark

  20. Tripod Socket

  21. Battery Compartment

  22. SD Card Location

  23. Where are they & what do the numbers on a Lens mean (mm, f-stop)

  24. Mirror

  25. Digital Sensor

  26. Shutter

  27. Pentaprism