Camera Lesson.

Last Friday afternoon, we spent a lesson observing and studying cameras. It was very entertaining, mostly because I never had a chance to use a professional camera until this moment.
To begin with, we have been taught how to locate the camera and stabilize, so it does not move, and is balanced enough not to fall down.
We also learned how to zoom, and find focus. I found those skills very significant to our course, because we will be doing lots of filming, through out the year.
We also found out, that in order to change light from room-made to natural, you need to find the white area on the background, zoom it, and press the small button on the camera and the light intensity changes.

The cameras we used were SONY NX 5, which are very modern and are used in professional filming.

In conclusion, I can add that it was a great lesson, and I really enjoyed learning new skills.

Phil.
In the first lesson we started with setting up the tripod. This instruction covers changing the tripod height with the locking nuts on the leg, adjusting the pan and tilt lock to hold the camera in position; and bubbling the tripod by unscrewing the tripod head and then rebalancing it so that the spirit level found on the base of the tripod head is level. The students also learned how to attach the camera to the tripod making sure that it is securely locked in place.

We then learn the basics of how to use the camera. First learning how to focus the camera by zooming all the way in on the subject, adjusting the focus ring until the  picture is sharp and then zooming back out to your shot. We also covered exposing the shot correctly and white balance, touching on the difference between indoor and outdoor light temperatures.