UNIT 6 (LO2) - Understand the characteristics of the camera systems. AC 2.1: Identity the characteristics of different camera systems and related equipment. Researched different camera systems, film types, lenses etc, styles of photography produced with various equipment.
Two kinds of cameras systems are DSLR and mirrorless. DSLR or digital single lens reflex differed from mirrorless in that with the DSLR the light goes straight up into an optic viewfinder which allows you to see precisely what the lens is looking at. This is a true optical path, with no digital processing in the middle. SLR cameras also work the same way the difference being that one has to use film, which has to be processed after being exposed. When a photograph is made - i.e. the shutter is pressed a mirror which is angled at 45% moves out of the way which enables the light from the lens to fall on a sensor to be processed. (With a Single lens reflex the light falls on the film .) Mirrorless on the other hand, as the name suggests has no mirror. The light passes through the lens and straight onto the sensor to be processed. It's then displayed either on a monitor or at the back of the camera, or on the electronic view finder (EVF) which in essence is a very small monitor....