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In a camera with a removable lens system, the camera body is all of the camera except the lens mechanism. Many more-sophisticated cameras employ a system of removable/ exchangeable lenses. The "camera body" and the "lens" are often sold separately. What is called simply the "lens," though, is really a lens tube with multiple lenses and multiple adjustment mechanisms. It will have a standard connection point that mates to the lens mount on the camera body.

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What is the purpose of the stabilizer?

Camera stabilizer is a device which is purposely designed to hold the camera in such a manner that it prevents camera shakes. Camera stabilizers are generally hand held but can be used in number of ways. They can be used with arm support brace and body support system. The main purpose of camera stabilizer is to hold the camera and prevent unwanted camera movements resulting in stable, steady and smooth shots. If you are using camera stabilizer with a body support system, they are extremely comfortable and you can carry them for long hours of shooting.


What part of a camera controls the amount of light that enters the camera?

The functional opening is the aperture, the opening that controls the amount of light that hits the photosensitive surface. You may have a camera with interchangeable lenses that screw into and out of the camera's body. The opening into which the lens is screwed is not the aperture.


Where can you find a picture or the history of all video cameras ever made?

I tell you about Camera's. I am well qualified. Spent 1979-1984 as staff Engineer for waga tv. 1984-2004 I was SR. Service Engineer for Sony Electronics, specializing in the repair and operation of broadcast camera's. the first portable color camera's in use were made by RCA and Ikegami. 1972 Ikegami HL-33 was a two peice model, consisting of,Camera body and a back pack. Camera body contained only optics prism and three tubes and preamplifiers. The back pack contained the processing, syncronizing. this is where you will find picture of first camera http://www.ikegami.de/image_j/handylooky_1.jpg


Why are images upside-down in a pinhole camera?

You can figure out why an image in a pinhole camera is upside down if you think about how the light travels to get to the image. Light from an object higher (or the top of the object) than the camera travels in a straight line down to the camera. It goes through the pinhole and continues heading down until it hits the back of the camera. This means that the image of something higher than the camera is now low in the image. The opposite is true for light from an object lower than the camera (or the bottom of the object): it travels to a point higher in the image. Still does answer my question, how did the image get upside down? answer was no concusive.


What does 'IS' mean for digital camera?

For Canon cameras 'IS' refers to "Image Stabilisation". Nikon have the same technology but they call it "VR" - "Vibration Reduction" and other manufacturers have different names for it but they all amount to the same thing. With some SLR camera manufactures the image stabilisation is built into the body of the camera but generally the IS is built into the lens. It reduces the effect of "camera shake" which can make your images blurry at lower shutter speeds.

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What does built in camera means?

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What does the term Body Only mean when buying a digital camera?

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