Types of Cameras
What is a portable camera/recorder combination?
What is a Camcorder
What does a CCD stand for?
What is charge coupled device?
An assembly of several glass discs placed in a tube attached to the front of a camera.
What is a lens?
What are three movable rings on a professional camera lens assembly
What are F-Stop, Zoom Ring, and Focus Ring?
This is a HD camera that can fit in your pocket and this tool can be very powerful.
What is a smartphone camera?
What are the three major part of a camera?
What is Camera Head, Viewfinder, and Camera Lens?
What is another word for zoom in
What is tighten?
The opening, adjusting by the iris, through which light passes into the lens
What is aperture?
This camera is known as action or helmet camera.
What is a POV camera
A small video monitor attached to the camera that allows the camera operator to view the images in the shot
What is a viewfinder?
This is a common feature on consumer cameras that keeps only the center of the picture in focus.
What is auto-focus?
A component of a lens that is comprised of blades that physically expand and contact
What is iris?
This is a piece of equipment that controls various attributes of the video signal sent from the camera to the video recorder.
What is the CCU?
This is the portion of the video camera that contains all the electronics needed to convert the reflection of light from the subject into an electronic signal.
What is a camera head?
This is the distance from the focal point of the lens assembly to the back of the lens assembly.
What is focal length?
A lens setting that determines the amount of light passing through the lens by controlling the size of the iris
What is f-stop?
This is a camera with a variety of accessory packages available to make it operational in a studio, as a portable field camera, or both.
What is a Convertible Camera?
This is a component of a camera head which light enters and is converted into a electronic, or video, signal.
What is a CMOS sensor?
The physical location within the lens assembly where an image is inverted and also known as the optical center.
What is focal point?
A circuit on a video camera that regulates how long the CCD is exposed to light coming through the lens
What is shutter?