How the Camera Works

Once you have completed your research on the various types of cameras, please read the following link and answer the questions below. Copy and paste the questions into a Word document. Save the document to your network folder and print. This is due at the end of the period on Tuesday, September 9th.

Required Reading

Please click on the following link and read ALL of the pages in the article.

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/camera.htm

Please answer the following questions:
1. Describe how light bends twice when it encounters a lens.

2. When does the angle of light entry change?

3. What lens has a long focal length?

4. What lens has a short focal length?

5. A higher focal length number indicates a __________ image magnification.

6. Who came up with the term photography and in what year?

7. Where does the term camera come from and what does its origin mean?