Learning how to use a camera

 In Media we learnt how to set up a camera and use it. First we were told to take out the tripod from the bag. The three legs on the tripod have to be pulled out to stand. There are locks at the bottom of each leg. Loosening these locks allows that tripod to moved up. After the tripod is moved up the lock is to be tightened again so it can stay in place. On the Tripod there is a yellow circle, there is then a pan handle in the bag and we take out the pan handle to be put onto the right of the yellow circle that is facing us. There are pan and tilt locks of the camera. The pan lock is to be unlocked so it loosens so you can pan the tripod to the right or lef and when it is in position the pan lock can be tightened again so it stays in place. The tilt lock is a lock that when loosened allows the tripod to move up and down and when tightened it keeps it in place.  There is a bolt between the legs of the tripod that when loosened allows the top of the tripod to be moved around. There is an air bubble inside the yellow circle. We were told to loosen the bolt and get the air bubble in the middle of the circle and then tightne the bolt again.  

We then got the camera out of the bag. We got the camera out of the bag and under the camera there is this tripod shoe that is to be placed on the tripod head.  There is a metal piece on the tripod that comes out but should be put back in in order for the camera to be put in properly. The camera can slide onto the tripod and then there is a lock to tighten. There is then a button on the tripod to release the camera so it can be taken off of the tripod. We then took out a battery. There is a v lock on the battery that is put onto the battery lock on the camra. On the camera lense, there is a lens cap that we take off. There is then piece which has a screen that is to be folded out. Inside that  part there is the power button. When the camera is on, We zoomed and focused. There is a part of the lense that we twisted so we could zoom, then behind it there was something that we twisted to focus, then after we focused it we zoomed out again slightly to get a good shot. There is an exposure which is a blue piece at the bottom of the light. We turned this exposure so that it made the outside more clear on the camera. There are interior lights and natural lights. The interior lights are orange and natural lights are blue. There is a white balance option of the screen of the camera to get the rid color when filming inside or outside. We then played around with these cameras for a bit more and then packed them away.