Unit 2 Intro & 2.01

Unit 2 Intro & 2.01

Switching to Manual

What you will be able to do after Unit 2

• Explain ​the significance of file format.

• ​Identify the different types of camera lenses and how they function.

• ​Discuss the workings of a light meter.

• ​Discover the importance of exposure and overall lighting effects.

​What are the different camera settings?

• ​Manual: Functions & Modes that you select by hand

• Automatic: Settings that are implemented and chosen by the camera

Multiple Choice

Which camera setting allows you to rely on the camera?

• Manual

• Automatic

​File Format

• This determines the quality and size of your pictures.

  • ​How the data in an image file (your digital photograph) is compressed, or made into a smaller, workable form, and stored.

• ​There are two file formats in most cameras: JPEG & RAW

​JPEG Images

• Most common and ​conveinent to work with because of their small and highly compressed size.

• ​Has small, medium, and large sizes

  • ​The larger the file, the easier it is to work with.

• ​Reduced number of pixels

  • ​tiny individually colored, light-sensitive squares, or picture elements

• ​Image Resolution: the pixel count of an image file.

  • ​The more pixels, the better image quality

Multiple Choice

True or False: The higher number of pixels, the lower quality of image you will have. 

• True

• False

​RAW Files

• Considered the purest form ​of digital capture

• ​Able to preserve all of the image information

• ​Offer more flexibility during postproduction & editing

• ​Contain 2 different types of information: image pixels & metadata

  • ​tiny bits of digital information on file format, exposure adjustments, and color balance.

Multiple Choice

What is file format?

• How the data of your image is compressed & stored.

• How you set up your files on your computer. 

Multiple Choice

Which file format allows you to save the image quality?

• JPEG

• RAW

Multiple Choice

Which image format allows you to have more room on your memory card?

• JPEG

• RAW

Poll

How well do you think you understand file format?

• Really well!

• Okay.

• I don't understand at all...