QUOTE(TikiPrincess @ Sep 5 2007, 08:20 PM) I think this would have been a little more interesting and perhaps less confusing if you could describe it in your own words rather than relying on Wiki and How Stuff Works. Well, I tried to describe what a CMOS and CCD processor was and how they worked, because reading it off of Wiki and HSW was way too confusing. What you described is a dead-basic camera... the camera obscura. Ironic how we can still find that to be wicked cool to accomplish when we have and take for granted 35mm, digital, SLR, and other camera technologies.

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Good writeup rayzoredge. This sets the base up. Those who didn't understand anything can google it and find more about it

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I think that's part of the problem, you were trying to explain something that you're learning off Wiki and How Stuff Works rather than something that you've experienced for yourself. Actually doing it or visuallizing it as with a classroom demonstration or educational video gives you a better understanding of the hows and whys. I firmly believe that experience is a better teacher than a textbook.


The topic title states "How Do Cameras Capture Pictures." Having participated in a photography class myself and sharing my mom's experience a little more recently, I offered my understanding of how a picture is captured. While it's a simple method, it actually still works and people might be able to see how minute differences, like exposure time and the size of the aperture, really affects the outcome of the photo.

 

 

 

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