CAMERA HANDLING

Basic information:

◆There are two kind of lenses: Zoom lenses and prime lenses (cannot modify the focal length)

◆ Filter thread. Lenses have a thread on the front for attaching filters and other add-ons. Some also use this thread for attaching a lens hood (you screw on the filter first, and then attach the hood to the screw thread on the front of the filter).

◆ Lens hood bayonet. This is used to mount the lens hood for lenses that don’t use screw-mount hoods (the majority).

◆ Zoom ring. Turn this ring to change the zoom setting.

◆ Zoom scale. These markings on the lens show the current focal length selected.

◆ Focus ring. This is the ring you turn to manually focus the lens.

◆ Distance scale. This is a readout that rotates in unison with the lens’s focus mechanism to show the distance at which the lens has been focused.

◆Focal length: It’s the distance between the theorical optical center of lenses and the film on sensor. It can be modified with zoom lenses