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Photo I Final
Final Review
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9th Grade
12/18/2006

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Term
Body
Definition
Light-tight box that contains the camera's mechanisms and protects the film from light until you are ready to make an exposure.
Term
Lens
Definition
Focuses an image on the film.
Term
Lens Elements
Definition
optical glass lens components that produce the image.
Term
Focusing ring
Definition
turning the ring focuses the image nu adjusting the distance of the lends elements from the film plane.
Term
Iris diaphragm
Definition
a circle of overlapping leaves that open up to increase or decrease the amount of light reaching the film.
Term
Aperture ring
Definition
adjusts the size of the iris diaphragm inside the lens
Term
mirror
Definition
reflects light from the lens upwards onto the viewing screen
Term
viewing screen
Definition
a ground-glass surface onto which the focuised image appears upside down & backwards
Term
Pentraprism
Definition
reflects the image from the viewing screen until it appears right side up & correct from left to right
Term
viewfinder eyepiece
Definition
window in which the corrected image from the pentaprism is visible to the photographer
Term
Shutter
Definition
opens to expose the film to the light
Term
film
Definition
the light-sensitive material that records the image
Term
film advance lever
Definition
advances an unexposed segment of film behind the shutter in prep for exposure
Term
shutter speed dial
Definition
selects the shutter speed
Term
shutter release
Definition
activates the exposure sequence in which the mirror raises, the shutter opens, and the film is exposed.
Term
Hot Shoe
Definition
attaches a flash unit to the camera
Term
Rewind Crank
Definition
rewinds the film into its casette after the roll of film has been exposed.
Term
Film cassette
Definition
the light-tight container in which 35mm film is packaged.
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