Assignment 4 Spring 2010

South Seattle Community College

ART 170 Photography as an Art Language Randy Nelson
Name:____________________
Spring Quarter 2010

Cameras
Assignment4

A. Bring your camera to class for show and tell on Wednesday  April 21st

C. Answer the following questions (due Wednesday May 5th):
1. Make and model of camera:
2. Do you have an instruction manual?
3. Can you find information about your cameras somewhere else?
Where? Be Specific! ("The Internet", for example, is not specific enough)
4. What kind of camera is it? Is it a compact digital ___ a digital SLR_____ a compact 35mm_______ a 35mm SLR_______ or, _____________________ ?

5. What kind of memory cards does it take, and what is the mega pixel rating? Or, what film size does it take?

6. What type of viewing system does it have?

7. Does it allow interchangeable lenses?
8. What is the focal length of the main lens?
9. What is the lens speed? (i.e. largest aperture)
10. What is the smallest aperture?
11. How close can it focus?
12. Can it use filters? What size?
13. What are the shutter speeds?
14. How can you control depth-of-field with this camera?
15. Does it have manual exposure?
16. Does it have auto-focus?
17. What adjustments are there for white balance and different kinds of lighting?
18. Does it have a built-in flash?
19.. If so, how powerful is it?
20. What other special features does it have?
21. Is it noisy when you fire it?
22. Is it a suitable tool for the kind of photography that you want to do?