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Operating the 35mm SLR Camera
Setting the Film Speed

Journalist 3 & 2 - Introduction to Journalism and other reporting practices
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1.   Place   the   film   in   the   chamber,   grasp   the beginning of the film (called the leader) and feed it onto the sprockets of the take-up spool. 2.-  Move  the  film  advance  lever  forward,  depress the shutter release button, and again advance the film one frame. 3.  Close  the  back  of  the  camera  carefully  and depress the shutter release button. 4. Advance the film another frame and  watch  the rewind knob to make sure it moves. If the rewind knob does not move, either you loaded the film incorrectly or there is still some slack in the film cassette.  The  latter  situation  can  be  checked  by  your gently rotating the rewinding knob clockwise without depressing  the  rewind  button  on  the  bottom  of  the camera (as is usually done when rewinding film). HOLDING  THE  CAMERA Although you may hold the camera in any manner that  best  suits  you,  give  serious  consideration  to  the method described in the following text. It will give you a  steady  platform  for  the  camera  that  will  help  you reduce camera movement. Grasp the camera on the right side with your right hand (fig. 11-6). Use the index finger of your right hand Figure  11-6.—Holding  the  camera. to depress the shutter release button and the thumb of your right hand to advance the film. Adjust the shutter speed control with the index finger and thumb of the right  hand. Use the index finger and thumb of your left hand to adjust the aperture and focus. For horizontal shots, place both  of  your  elbows  against  your  body  for  support. When you take vertical format shots, your left elbow should be placed against the body for support. Cradle telephoto  lenses  in  your  left  hand. FOCUSING THE CAMERA A camera is focused by moving the lens closer or farther  from  the  film  (focal)  plane.  The  two  basic methods   of   focusing   are   scale   focusing   and   SLR focusing.  Both  types  of  focusing  are  covered  in  the following  text. Scale Focusing In scale focusing, you use a scale of distances to which the lens is set. This scale maybe inscribed on the lens barrel or on the camera frame (fig. 11-7), depending on the camera design. Scale focusing is used primarily with small aperture lenses that have sufficient depth of field to overcome small   camera-to-subject   distance   estimate   or measurement errors. To use the focusing scale, you must estimate in most cases, the camera-to-subject distance. Figure 11-7.—Focusing scale on a camera lens. 11-7







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