
Small hands will have difficulty with large bodies and, conversely, large hands will have difficulty with small bodies. First, the size of the body can have a major impact on comfort when being held and used. While this is a simple part to understand, we'll dive into it a little more deeply to figure out actual, practical battery life for cameras and when cameras with less-powerful batteries may be a better option.Ĥ The Body Camera body design affects the user in a couple of ways.

The battery matters in a camera just like any other electronic device. We'll take a look at what card classes mean and the minimum speed you need for different purposes. Flash cards range in read and write speeds as well, however, and a slow cards can significantly degrade your camera's performance. The flash card is where you save your images, and it's a component most people don't think about too much when buying a camera, aside from choosing an amount of storage that suits their needs. The caliber and size of the sensor are also very important, as these things significantly impact the quality of your photos. The exposure is then processed and saved to flash memory (generally an SD or Compact Flash card). In future lessons, we'll also discuss how lenses work and how that affects your photographs.ģ The sensor is basically the digital equivalent of film, in the sense that like film the sensor is exposed to light that comes through the lens and it records that exposure. Different lenses can provide many different features, so it's important to know the differences between them. The lens is the eye of the camera, and it's a very complex instrument. While it has little effect on the quality of your photos, it does affect things like ease of use and comfort. We'll go into much more detail in a bit, but here's a basic overview of the parts we're going to look at: The body is the housing for your camera. The Parts Your camera is made up of many parts, but there are a few in particular that we want to look at as they are the most important. For our first lesson in the Basics of Photography, we're going to learn how cameras work and make sense of what that means in terms of choosing a camera to buy and how it affects your photographs. 1 Lifehacker Night School "The Basics of Photography" by Adam DachisĢ Basics of Photography: Taking Better Photos by Understanding How Your Digital Camera Works Adam Dachis With so many cameras available, figuring out how all the specifications and options translate into your everyday use is complicated.
