How a Video Camera Works

What is the job of the lens?

• Changes light into electrical energy

• Allows light to enter the camera body

• Changes sound waves into electrical energy

• Shows you what your camera is recording

What is the job of the Viewfinder?

• Changes light into electrical energy

• Allows light to enter the camera body

• Changes sound waves into electrical energy

• Shows you what your camera is recording.

What is the job of the Camera body?

• Changes light into electrical energy

• Allows light to enter the camera body

• Changes sound waves into electrical energy

• Shows you what your camera is recording

What is the job of the Microphone?

• Changes light into electrical energy.

• Allows light to enter the camera body.

• Changes sound waves into electrical energy.

• Shows you what your camera is recording.

What does a camera use to record an object?

• eyeglasses

• light

• sound waves

• viewfinder

What changes the light into electrical energy inside the camera body?

• lens

• microphone

• CCD Chip

• viewfinder

How does a mirror work?

• Pure magic!

• Light is reflected off of your face and instantly shows up on glass.

• Light is reflected off an object into the mirror. There it is tuned back into an image in the glass.

• A person takes a picture and then uploads it into a computer where it shows up on a monitor.