2. HOW DO CAMERA LENSES WORK?
LENS BASICS
- Objects give off reflected rays of
light all directions.
- Light for the target image enters the
camera through a glass or plastic lens.
This bends (refracts) the light.
- All the rays of light from a point on
the target object will meet a certain
point (focal point).
3.
4. In a camera, by
adjusting the
distance of the lens
you can get the
light from your
subject to fall
focused onto a film
plane.
5. In film cameras the focused light falls on a
photosensitive chemical emulsion coating a
plastic film.
In digital camera it falls onto a CCD receptor.
Your eye works exactly in the same way with
light being focused onto your retina
6.
7. FOCUSING
light falling from objects at different distances
will have a different focal plane.
8. This explains
why sometimes
when you take a
photo of
something close
up the
background
appears fuzzy
(and vice versa)
Notes de l'éditeur
LENS BASICSBoth digital and film cameras work by light from the target image being focused on some form of detector whether it be photographic film or the CCD sensor of a digital cameraObjects give off reflected rays of light all directions. Light for the target image enters the camera through a glass or plastic lens. This bends (refracts) the light. All the rays of light from a point on the target object will meet a certain point (focal point).