How a Camera Works

The size and shape of a sensor determines what?

• The pixels

• The pentaprism

• The amount of light

• The 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 million

• 100 million

• 100

• 10

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

• The mirror flips up

• 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 _______________.

• Pentaprism

• Photosite

• Lens

• Sensor

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

• Sensor

• Pentaprism

• MIrror

• Viewfinder

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?

• film

• pentaprism

• lens

• body

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?

• mirror

• viewfinder

• shutter

• pixels