The Camera

1. Inside a dark room a tiny hole in a wall must be created. The light gets focused and then you can see a upside image on a wall.

2. Christian Huygens and Isaac Newton knew a lot about optics and how to make high quality lenses. The lenses then were used in a camera to make a more modern camera.

3. The part that made the modern camera "modern" was film. The film was used and created the first successful photograph in the 19th century. So then what you needed for a modern camera was a dark box, glass lens, and film.

4. Niepce's camera works just like digital cameras we have today. Light passes through the lens and onto the film which then creates the photograph.

5. In digital cameras the photo is captured in a electronic sensor called CCD and then stored in computer memory in the camera.

6. On auto mode the flash and exposure are automatically set. On program you can control them yourself so once you have it the way you want it just point and shoot.

7. Portrait mode is used to focus on only one thing, so once its focused on one thing the background gets blurred out.

8. Sports mode is used to take photos of moving things. The camera will use the fastest shutter speed it can.

9. Half press is used for focusing. You should use this so your picture is clear and focussed.

10. The symbol means that the flash is off and so it won't flash while taking the photo. You would use the no flash when its really bright outside or if you create your own lighting.

11. The symbol means that the flash will go off automatically if the camera thinks its too dark. You could use this when you think you might have enough lighting but not sure, or if its really dark where your shooting photos at.

12. When there is too much light the photo will be washed out and look faded.

13. The photo will be dark and so then it will be hard to see what you took a photo of.

14. A stop represents the change in lighting.

15. The new planet is 1 stop brighter.

16. The new planet would be 2 stops brighter.

17. The longer shutter speed has more light.

18. The shorter shutter speed has less light.

19. The aperture controls how much light gets in. It works similar to a pupil in an eye.

20. You can adjust the amount of light by setting the aperture opening to F-stop.