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Cameras
Whether it's a photo of a new baby, a wedding or a day at the beach, cameras help us record and remember life's memories. Ask questions about the camera's history and function here.
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Does California allow surveillance cameras in dressing rooms?
No. Although somes states may allow this, California does not. This does not mean however that employees cannot peek through the privacy blinds and monitor for theft. This is legal if it is posted that the rooms are under surveillance.
It depends. In most courts, The law was given that the person should not bring their camera whenever something like a testing is in progress. The law was given by the Supreme Court and is still a rule that was applied for no one to take or even think about bringing their cameras.
In many states and citys a court is allowed to tell the person who is filming or taking pictures not to film or take photo. The same could be said in stores because the property owner does not want their work to be reused or written. A court will also be notifyed and if a important meeting is recorded or filmed on videotape without the owner's permission. The person responsible can get sued or arrested! Many states carry this rule and still apply and are warned when a person does something like film and breaks the law without permission.
The same can be said for a person. If you videotape a person without his or / her permission. The owner can end up calling the police and they can charge you with trespassing on private or public property. That's why the owner wants to take really good care of their property and wants to make sure it's not caught on tape nor on camera. The person may ask the person to turn the camera off without even warning them and if a person refuses to cooperate or listen to them then they can be charged with tresspassing and can be arrested for doing so. The rule is applied to only public places and stores which have the rule for not allowing cameras inside. For example, Many stores like Kmart, Barnes And Noble Bookstore, Wal-Mart, Khol's, Or other places may have this rule so as for people to not film their private property or put their marketing on tape. The person may not allow the other person to record and put the video they made on YouTube, Etc, The person can be responsible for damages and may be liable for copyright infringement and may end up getting a sentence for about to 12 weeks in local jail or prison. In malls the same can be said when the person does not want their face to be shown on TV or on videotape. However if the person who notifys or asks you to stop filming them and you still don't listen to their instructions then they can end up getting or calling the police.
They sometimes might have signs that notify filmmakers and photographers not to bring their cameras inside the store. The store and the court has a right to protect their property from being used in television commercials, Marketing, Or even used for advertisements. If the person finds out that the filmmaker has copied or used their face in one of their videos then they could end up sueing the person and or having them charged or placed under arrest. The person may not want their identity exposed and they are known to show their face on television without their permission.
A person also can end up notifying the state attorney and also the authorites for having to put the video on YouTube and the person may be liable for damages depending on how bad he copyrights the products or items in the store. Copyright infringement is also a big crime and if the person is seen commiting it or using various products in the store to create or use them to create an ad without permission. Then the owner might get angry and tell them to stop filming and leave the store. All stores have this and there will be consequences if the person is told to stop filming and does not comply. For example, You can't film people or their public property and you certainly cannot film inside a courtroom while it's in progress and someone's inside of it. You cannot also film public meetings or even film court hearings that the person recieves and if you refuse or do not comply with the rules then they may find out and you will end up going to jail. The same with tresspassing and also for attempting not to leave the property when told to do so. The person may contact and notify the authorites and mall security can also be called if the person refuses to put their camera away! The same can be said for police and security if they tell someone that they don't want to be filmed.
So is filming a problem in stores, Courtrooms, And even inside local public shopping malls.
Yes.
Will you get sued if you use the video for advertising, Advertisements, Copyright infringement, Or use the property without the owner's permission.
Yes.
Will you get into trouble for filming local security officers and police officers inside public places.
Yes.
Will you be charged and placed under arrest for tresspassing and also for filming public local places without permission!
Yes.
The merchandise found inside dollar stores and local shopping places may be a crime to film and record without the owner's permission. In fact it is a rule that you do not film or use the products for using in your video to advertise. Some stores may not allow this and some places might tell you to leave and might say no. And other places will let you film without having a problem with attempting to tell you leave or warning you. This applies to all stores and they have this rule and policy because of security reasons so there may be reason why they don't want you filming inside buildings, Malls, Dollar stores, Or anywhere else!
What is the difference between Digital and CCD cameras?
Until about ten years ago cameras used film -- clear plastic with a coating that is sensitive to light. The camera exposed light from the scene onto the film which was later removed from the camera and put in chemicals to cause the images to appear. This chemical process is called developing the film. Some professional photographers, serious amateurs, and people who have not yet bought a digital camera still use film cameras. I assume these film cameras are what you are calling 'normal.'
Digital cameras create images by light from the scene onto electronic sensors which convert the light falling on them to signals that can be recorded in digital files the way computer data is recorded. These files can then be transferred to computers to be printed.
Why is a camera important to have?
Cameras and other image-capturing devices provide an important aspect of recorded history, and allow investigation of phenomena that cannot be observed in real time.
The first cameras in the 19th century made possible an actual "look" at the people and places of the time, as opposed to paintings or descriptions. During the civil war, Matthew Perry made extensive use of his camera to document the conflict. The photograph was used to document events such as the Transcontinental Railroad.
As a scientific tool, cameras can be used to study events that are too ephemeral or rapid for human eyes, such as meteor showers or the movement of a hummingbird's wings. In industrial testing, still and motion cameras can record and replay the stages and steps of events such as the burning of chemicals or automotive test collisions.
In astronomy, cameras record various frequencies of light or radiation from distant stars, which can reveal their characteristics. In 1930, the dwarf planet Pluto was found by comparing photographs of the night sky over a period of several weeks.
How do you charge an Nikon E300 Digital Camera?
Usually when you plug the camera into the computer to put the pictures on, it usually charges the camera anyway. Or if that doesn't work, sometimes in the program you use to download the pictures, it will have a option of charging it in the tools file.
Does the waterproof Olympus camera also work on land?
Nice question...:) Yes..., BUT, underwater cameras are essentially designed for use underwater, so it also has bulky protective casings which keeps the camera watertight and protects it from getting soaked. So a simple photo shoot would involve you carrying and using bulky large cameras. Yes, it can be used without difficulty. If the waterproof housing is plastic, however, you may lose some focus quality. If the lens iris is adjustable, use a high number to close the lens and increase the quality to make up for it.
Who invented the film camera and who was the first to use it?
George Eastman marketed the first roll of flexible photographic film, Eastman Negative Paper, in 1884 which was a coating on a paper base. It was called "stripping film" because the paper backing had to be stripped off during processing. Eastman American Film was introduced in 1885, the first transparent photographic film, "celluloid film" or "nitrate film". Reverend Hannibal Goodwin invented a roll film with a transparent backing that was more flexible and the Eastman company acquired this film in 1889.
How do you combine two photographs in Photoshop?
The best way is to do it digitally. You can scan the two photos and then open one of them in a good photo editing program like Adobe Photoshop. Then select the person you want to combine with another and copy it. Open the file that has the other photo and paste in into the picture. You may need to move it in the right place and then erase the parts that overlap. When you have it the way you want will need to select 'flatten' image, and then save the file in your preferred format. Good luck!
What are the benefits of using a digital camera?
I assume you are asking what are the benefits of the digital camera versus the film camera and will answer that way.
The digital picture from the camera is instantly available to transfer to a computer or a modem or even to transfer wirelessly. The picture can be instantly sent or viewed. The picture can be immediately edited, in some cases while still in the camera. The picture can be immediately deleted if it is not satisfactory. With multi gigibyte storage media, many hundreds or even thousands of pictures can be stored on media the size of a book of matches.
The digital camera is usually programmed so that very many options are available, just to name a few; noise reduction, anti shake programs, red eye reduction, face recognition, and in some cameras, smile recognition, which waits for a person to smile before the picture is taken! Most digital cameras offer a choice of taking color or black and white pictures.
Since the picture is visible on the liquid crystal screen, usually on the camera back, you can quickly learn what is good and bad about your photographic technique.
Using flash often yields unpredictable results, but the results can be quickly viewed and the picture taken again if necessary.
On the other hand, a 35 mm film camera is usually limited to 24 or 36 pictures on a roll of film, which must be chemically developed in a darkroom. The picture must then be printed or projected to be seen.
To take a thousand pictures with color film using 28 rolls of film at 4 dollars per roll of 36 pictures, costs 112 dollars. The cost of developing and printing 28 rolls of film at about 10 dollars each is 280 dollars.
To take 1000 pictures with the digital camera may cost 15 dollars in batteries, or less if rechargable batteries are used. It costs far less to take and print digital pictures after the initial outlay of the cost of the digital camera and printer is considered.
Many people consider digital photography a new and exciting art.
Many digital cameras have a special "night mode" feature that helps you to click clear pictures even in dim light.
Does the ipod nano 5th gen have a camera?
Make sure the switch in the bottom right corner is set on camera. Then use two fingers, put them together on the screen and move them apart. Then there will be a little bar at the bottom of the screen. If you want to zoom in, simply drag the small dot on the bar towards the plus sign. Unfortunately, you can't zoom in on video...
In photography what does a polarizing filter do?
Un-polarized white light typically vibrates in all directions radially from its axis of travel (think of a bicycle wheel with spokes radiating from the centre; the spokes represent the vibrations or transverse waves, the wheel hub is the direction of the light ray). When this light ray reflects off of a NON-METALLIC surface, the vibrations are cancelled out, except for those that are still reflected because they have the right incidence. Now think of a bunch of wood strips nailed to a pole for climbing. The strips represent the remaining transverse waves, the pole is the ray of light.
How the polarizing filter's coating works is a subject too complicated to enter into here. Suffice to say that when we turn it and orient it correctly, it will now "cancel out" most of the remaining transverse waves, which our eyes see as a sort of "haze". Some say it "darkens colours" such as in fall foliage or the sky but this is not accurate. The removal of the haze essentially "purifies" the colours, seemingly enriching them. You can also remove reflections from glass windows or water using this filter. The filter works best/only when your angle of view is equal to the angle of incidence of the reflected light. Thus, pointing it at one scene at one time of day can produce very different results at another time.
If you've absorbed this, try a trick question. I told my students that the surface had to be non-metallic, but was initially surprised to see that the filter would remove my reflection from a metal car fender. Why did it? Because the reflection is bouncing off of paint, not metal!
It reduces glare because all of the light waves are vibrating in the same direction.
A polarizing filter is a handy photography accessory that can be used with both film and digital cameras.
The filter is used to reduce or eliminate glare, increase overall saturation, and darken blue skies in photographs.
How do you record a TV show from the TV to the VCR with no camera connections?
With a VHS recorder hooked to the TV. If you are looking to just record off the TV then the best way is to attach either your antenna or your cable to the VCR in connectio and then the VCR out goes to your TV. If you are looking to attach a camera to your VCR and record, the video out of the camera goes to the videl line in on you VCR and the audio out from your camera goes to line audio in on your VCR. Your VCR will need to be on the LINE IN channel to see the output of the camera. You then push record on your VCR and shoot away.
Some dictionaries will say it's the person who operates the camera, but it's really the person responsible for determining how a shot will be captured onto film. S/he works with the director about (among other things) what film stock to use, what lens to use, how to frame the shot, what moves (pans, zooms, etc.) might be needed during a shot, and how to set up the lights. A cinematographer is often called a DP, for director of photography.
How many photos can a digital camera take?
In the early summer of 1826 Joseph Nicéphore Niépce of France made a permanent photographic image on a polished pewter plate coated with bitumen. The exposure of the view from his window took eight hours, so the sun appears to be lighting both sides of the picture. Niepce had been successful in making paper negatives in the camera obscura as early as April 1816, but was unable to fix them (render them insensitive to further action of light).
How do you load pictures from digital camera to computer for emailing?
Download the picture from your camera or memory card to the computer. Attach the saved file to an email and send it. == == == == == == === === First, you need a program to acquire the pictures once you connect the digital camera (DC) to your computer (there is one included in Windows). When you run the program, you'll have to select which pictures you want to acquire. Once they are acquired, you make sure the pictures are there and then you disconnect your DC. Create a new email message and input all the information as usual. Then click on "Add an Attachment." You will be redirected to a page where you'll have to browse to the file and select it. Then send the message as usual. Open your email software, click on "Create a new email" and then follow the instructions as per the web-based emailing instructions.
Principle difference is "through-the-lens" framing and focus. Naturally you can control depth of field, light levels, focus, etc with both units, but with the SLR you see these changes before you take the picture. There are advantages and disadvantages to both types of camera: The compact will be smaller, lighter and quieter; the SLR has a mirror that flips up when the shutter is released to switch light from the viewfinder to the sensor. This makes a noise, the compact doesn't need the mirror so they can be pretty much silent. On the other hand, apart from the Leica M8, compact digitals do not have interchangeable lenses. Being able to change lenses is a big advantage, you can also see the affects of any filters by looking through the viewfinder. In most cases a digital SLR will have better quality optics, sensor and light metering than a compact digital - although there are exceptions; the M8 would give any DSLR a run for its money for quality - but it does cost £3000 for the body alone! ---- 9-07-2006 The SENSOR ! The sensor is what holds the image you took. On most point and shoot digital cameras, the sensor is a certain size...... On a digital SLR, the sensor is BIGGER. ---- The Sensor is not only larger, but is much more sensitive .
How can you fight a Red light camera ticket?
Depending on your state and the clarity/quality of the pictures, you can appeal the ticket. You will need to provide a notarized affidavit stating that you were not driving the vehicle at the time. If you mail this in before the penalty is due, you do not have to appear in court. Check your local state/county website to be sure of the laws in your area.
Who invented roll film and what year did he patent roll film?
The inventor of the 35mm roll-film camera was Oscar Barnack
Traditional still-photography developed in the 19th century using large, cumbersome cameras and photographic plates. In the early 20th Century Oskar Barnack, an engineer at the German company Leitz, which made precision optical instruments such as microscopes, and who was a keen amateur photographer decided to do something about the size of the cameras. This was to a large part due to his physical frailty (he suffered badly from asthma and found it difficult lugging the heavy photographic equipment about). He began experimenting with with cinematic film and a light meter which he adapted and improved.
At the time cinema cameras shot on 35mm film with a frame size of 18x24mm. Barnack found that this format produced poor quality still photographs and he doubled the frame size to 24x36mm. Originally the film was supplied on large reels (known as a roll) and had to be cut into manageable lengths and placed in the camera in absolute darkness but as the popularity of the format increased, re-loadable film cartridges were developed and eventually companies such as Agfa and Kodak began supplying the film to photographers in single-use cartridges.
With the development of the film cartridge the phrase 'roll of film' migrated to mean a cartridge of 35mm film. Over the years other formats and systems were spawned including medium format roll-film, 110 cartridge, Minox miniature format, APX and disk but thanks to the vision of Oskar Barnack and the versatility of the format he created the humble 35mm roll of film is the only one to stand the test of time.
What are similarities between a pinhole camera and a digital camera?
The only similarity between them is that both are capable of taking a recognizable picture.
Shutter speed and aperture relationship?
Shutter speed is the amount of time that the camera's shutter (which lets the light coming in through the lens onto the film/chip inside the camera) is open. Aperture is the size of the opening inside that lets the light in. Both affect the amount of light entering the camera to result in an exposure - the longer the shutter is open and the wider the aperture, the more light that is coming in. Aperture also affects the depth of field of the image, so a wide open aperture such as f/2.8 will let in a lot of light and have a shallow depth of field.
The first practical 35Mm still camera(as opposed to movie types) was the Ur-Leica designed by Oscar Barnack orignally in l9l3 it was on hold during the war(WWl) and WA snot offered commercially until about l923 or l924-=Germany in a severe mnetary crisis a the time. Leica pretty much controlled early 35-dom but it should be noted the traditonal Leica M-series very adpatable to press and candid if not clandestine photograpohy(the Fed camera was a SOVIET VERSIONOF THE LEICA II and was used and marked for service with the N.K.V.D. ( i have one of these).. these were not reflex camras so had a degree of parallax-difference between what was in the sight and what you get on film-mnodern slrs avoid this hazard completely. Leicas wee and are made by Ernst ZLeitz Ltd. of Wetzlar. The Fed was a Russian copy made by the Fed works in the Soviet Ukraine.
What materials were used to make the camera?
Cameras are made of aluminum, steel and plastic, with glass lenses. Digital cameras have silicon-based chips in their CCD (charged-couple device) light detectors, while film cameras use photographic emulsions containing silver to capture images.
What are the three basic elements of the video camera?
1) The Diaphragme (iris)- Limits the amount of light that goes into the camera.
2) The Lens- Light passes through the lens to form an inverted image in the camera.
3) Charge Coupled Device (CCD)- Absorbs light and emits electrical signals needed to produce a digital image.
What does the diaphragm mean in photography?
The diaphragm, often called the "iris" diaphragm for its identical form and function to the iris in your eye, regulates the physical amount of light allowed to pass through a camera lens. It may be called the "iris," the "diaphragm," the "iris diaphragm," the "stop," or the "aperture." All mean the same thing.
Physically, the diaphragm or iris diaphragm is made up of overlapping thin opaque metal plates, usually six or eight, which can be adjusted to increase or decrease the diameter of the hole, called the stop, in the center of the lens. The diaphragm is often located at the optical center of the lens between sets of elements. On manual cameras there is usually a ring around the lens barrel marked in f/stops for adjustment of the diaphragm.
The iris (diaphragm) in your eye, working properly, automatically opens or closes in response to light level. When you are exposed to strong light the iris closes down (or "stops" down) to a smaller diameter, decreasing the light reaching your retina (equivalent to the film or sensor in your camera). In dim light, the iris opens up to admit more light. The diaphragm in your camera works the same way, and on modern cameras it's often equally automatic. You may never even notice it's working.
In a camera, the iris diaphragm and the shutter have to work together to control the total exposure. The iris diaphragm controls the amount of light, and the shutter controls the amount of light over time. Depending on the make and model of the camera, shutter and diaphragm may be manual, automatic or both. The diaphragm is the mechanism that varies the size of the aperture; the opening that allows light into the camera.
