Camera Parts & Functions
Camera Types
Camera Body
Camera Lens
How do they work together?
Rangefinder
Major Camera
Types
• 35mm film
• Simpler
construction
• Smaller & lightweight
• Quiet
• Good quality images
• What you see through the
viewfinder is not exactly
what you get in the final
image
Single Lens Reflex
• 35mm film
• More complex than the
rangefinder.
• Easily transported &
lightweight…a bit
• Heavier than a
rangefinder
• Good quality images
• Whatever the lens sees,
the photographer sees
Mirror Down/ See Through the Lens
Mirror Up/ Expose the Film
take up
spool
sprockets
viewfinder
film
compartmen
t
camera
back
viewfinder
prism
aperture
pressure plate
rewind
release button
tripod
mount shutter
film advance
lever
shutter
button
aperture ring
lens
shutter speed dial
reflex mirror
shutter
film
hot
shoe
film
rewind
2 2.8
4
5.6
8
11
16
22
1 2 4 8 15 30 60 125 250 500
1000
Shutter Speed
The shutter speed controls the amount of light reaching the
film and creatively whether a moving subject is frozen or
blurred.
Shutter speed and model direction
Aperture
Aperture Sizes, Lens Openings, & f/Stops
The aperture controls the amount of light passing
through the lens onto the film.
Aperture’s Aesthetic
Aperture’s Aesthetic
Summery
Remember…
• The shutter controls the amount of light reaching the film
through time and whether a subject is frozen or blurred.
• The aperture controls the amount of light reaching the film
through a lens opening and the depth of field.