Amphoto Guide to Basic Photography |
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8-mm camera aberration adjust amateur amount of light angle bellows black-and-white film blue blurred box cameras CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ camera body cell chemicals close color balance color film color negative color prints color temperature CRUZ The University cutaway darkroom depth of field developer diaphragm distance effect Ektachrome electronic flash emulsion enlarging paper exposed exposure meter extension tube f-stop feet filmmaker filter factor fixer flash lamps flash unit flashbulbs focal length focusing foreground frame glass guide number Kodak leaf shutter lens element lenses light rays light source motion mounts moving subject normal lens object photograph picture pinhole prime lens printing paper prism processing rangefinder reel reflex requires scene screen direction sequence sharp focus sheet film shot shutter speed silver simple lens slide spherical aberration stop bath stopping motion Super 8-mm tank temperature through-the-lens Through-the-lens meters tripod University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA viewer viewfinder Wash X-sync