CP_How a Camera Works

The size and shape of a sensor determines what?

• Pixels
• Pentaprism
• Amount of Light
• Aspect Ratio of a Photo

How many colors can a pixel be?

• 1
• 100
• 1000
• 1000000

Digital images are made up of tiny squares of color called what?

• Pixels
• Apertures
• Pentaprisms
• CMOS

 A 10 megapixel camera takes pictures that have how many pixels?

• 10
• 100
• 100 million
• 10 million

When the shutter button is pressed on a camera body, the shutter opens and what else moves? 

• The mirror flips
• The sensor slides down
• The pentaprism turns 90 degrees
• The lens turns

 The part of the camera that reflects the image out through the viewfinder is called the _______________. 

• Sensor
• Lens
• Photosite
• Pentaprism

 Which is the part of your camera that actually records an image?

• Pentaprism
• Mirror
• Sensor
• Viewfinder

8. The hard plastic shell that encompasses the mirror, sensor, pentaprism and much more is referred to as the ____________.

• Camera body
• Viewfinder
• Photosite
• Megapixel

 In a film camera, what would be equal to the sensor in a digital camera? 

• The pentaprism
• The lens
• The body
• The film

What is the name of the piece of the camera that you put your eye up to and allows you to look through the lens?

• The mirror
• The viewfinder
• The shutter
• The pixels