CPH001 CAMERAS, LENSES AND THE DIGITAL IMAGE CPH001 – CAMERAS, LENSES AND THE DIGITAL IMAGE Table of Contents WELCOME ............................................................................................................... 6 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS ........................................................................... 7 DIGITAL CAMERA TYPES ....................................................................................... 8 DSLR CAMERAS .................................................................................................. 8 INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES ......................................................................... 9 INTEGRATED LIGHT METERS ......................................................................... 9 DEPTH OF FIELD PREVIEW BUTTON ............................................................. 9 MIRRORLESS CAMERAS .................................................................................. 10 POINT AND SHOOT CAMERAS ......................................................................... 11 HYBRID CAMERAS ............................................................................................ 12 CHOOSING YOUR CAMERA BODY ................................................................... 13 LENSES .................................................................................................................. 15 FIXED LENSES (SMALL, MEDUIM AND TELEPHOTO): .................................... 16 ZOOM LENSES (SMALL, MEDIUM AND TELEPHOTO): .................................... 17 MACRO LENSES: ............................................................................................... 19 WIDE ANGLE LENSES: ...................................................................................... 20 REFLEX LENS .................................................................................................... 21 FOCAL LENGTH ................................................................................................. 23 CORRELATION BETWEEN FOCAL LENGTH, ANGLE AND PERSPECTIVE .... 24 FULL SIZE VS CROPPED SENSOR ................................................................... 26 LENS DESIGNATION .......................................................................................... 28 EXERCISE 1: ................................................................................................... 30 LENS USES ........................................................................................................ 31 TELECONVERTERS ........................................................................................... 32 © COPYRIGHT 2020 – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED VERSION 3.2 PAGE: 1 CPH001 – CAMERAS, LENSES AND THE DIGITAL IMAGE FILTERS ................................................................................................................. 33 ND FILTER .......................................................................................................... 33 IR FILTER ........................................................................................................... 34 POLARIZING FILTER .......................................................................................... 35 UV FILTER .......................................................................................................... 36 COLOUR FILTERS .............................................................................................. 36 TRIPODS and MONOPOLES ................................................................................. 37 TRIPOD LEGS: ................................................................................................... 37 TRIPOD HEADS: ................................................................................................. 38 MONOPOLES: .................................................................................................... 39 THE EMERGENCY TRIPOD ............................................................................... 39 EQUIPMENT CARE ................................................................................................ 40 LENS CARE ........................................................................................................ 40 CAMERA CARE .................................................................................................. 41 INSURANCE ....................................................................................................... 42 THE DIGITAL IMAGE .............................................................................................. 43 DIGITAL IMAGE FORMATS ................................................................................ 44 JPEG FILES ..................................................................................................... 44 RAW FILES ...................................................................................................... 45 TIFF FILES ...................................................................................................... 46 EPS FILES ....................................................................................................... 46 LOCKED AND UNLOCKED FILES .................................................................. 46 IMAGE SIZE AND RESOLUTION ........................................................................ 47 PIXELS ............................................................................................................ 47 IMAGE SIZE .................................................................................................... 48 RESOLUTION .................................................................................................. 48 FILE SIZE ........................................................................................................ 50 © COPYRIGHT 2020 – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED VERSION 3.2 PAGE: 2 CPH001 – CAMERAS, LENSES AND THE DIGITAL IMAGE DPI ................................................................................................................... 50 CHANGING IMAGE SIZE ................................................................................ 51 IMAGE SOFTWARE ............................................................................................ 54 MANAGING YOUR IMAGES ............................................................................ 56 PROCESSING RAW IMAGES ......................................................................... 57 PREPARING IMAGES FOR ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION ................................. 57 PREPARING IMAGES using PHOTOSHOP 2020 ........................................... 58 PREPARING IMAGES using PAINT SHOP PRO 2019 .................................... 62 EXPORTING IMAGES from LIGHTROOM CLASSIC 2020 .............................. 68 THE BACK END IMAGE DATA ........................................................................... 72 CAMERA FAMILIARISATION ................................................................................. 74 BATTERY AND CARD ........................................................................................ 74 EXERCISE 2: ................................................................................................... 74 ATTACHING A LENS .......................................................................................... 75 EXERCISE 3: ................................................................................................... 75 FRONT AND TOP BUTTONS AND DIALS .......................................................... 76 CAMERA MODES ............................................................................................... 77 EXERCISE 4: ................................................................................................... 77 SHUTTER BUTTON ............................................................................................ 78 FLASH ................................................................................................................. 78 EXERCISE 5: ................................................................................................... 79 VIEWFINDER CLARITY ...................................................................................... 79 EXERCISE 6: ................................................................................................... 79 MAIN DIAL........................................................................................................... 80 CAMERA BACK .................................................................................................. 81 EXERCISE 7: ................................................................................................... 82 MENU OPTIONS ................................................................................................. 82 © COPYRIGHT 2020 – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED VERSION 3.2 PAGE: 3 CPH001 – CAMERAS, LENSES AND THE DIGITAL IMAGE IMAGE QUALITY ................................................................................................. 83 EXERCISE 8: ................................................................................................... 83 PLAYBACK AND DELETE BUTTONS ................................................................. 84 EXERCISE 9: ................................................................................................... 84 INFO / DISPLAY BUTTON .................................................................................. 85 EXERCISE 10: ................................................................................................. 85 DIGITAL DISPLAY ..............................................................................................