Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The Camera

aperture - is a hole or an opening through which light travels.

shutter - is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time.

exposure -  is the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium (photographic film or image sensor) during the process of taking a photograph.

depth of field - is the portion of a scene that appears acceptably sharp in the image.

F-stop - of an optical system expresses the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the focal length of the lens.

focal length - of an optical system is a measure of how strongly the system converges (focuses) or diverges (defocuses) light

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