Intro to Photography Unit 1

How you capture light and use it effectively to convey an image.

• Better quality

• Less expensive processes

• You can see your image instantly

• Easier to retouch and enhance images

• Easy to share

• DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex)

• Point & Shoot

• Hybrids

• Has interchangeable lenses

• Automatic settings, as well as manual ones to perfect your photos

• Includes a viewfinder that allows you to see what your camera is focusing on

• LCD Screens to preview images you have taken

• Can be bulky and complex

• Compact & Lightweight

• Has some manual capabilities

• Only have LCD Screen to view what you are taking a photo of

• Cannot use other lenses

• "Shutter Lag": Delay from the shutter function to the image actually being taken

• Allow you to change the lenses with the simplicity of automatic settings

• More lightweight than DSLRs

• Do not show you how light is being reflected in the images (mirrorless)