Ramblings of a Standard Nerd episode 2: New camera Today, I talk about me buying my new camera and the awkward situations that came along with that. These are the actual, real life, no word of a lie thoughts that passed through my head when I was buying the camera. It's hell inside my head - I'm giving you just the tiniest insight as to what happens. Inside the head of the standard nerd. Twitter: twitter.com Tumblr: lewisrreid.tumblr.com See this and other videos at www.wolfeyedangel.com Got suggestions for further blogs? Leave a comment or video response! A digital single-lens reflex camera (digital SLR or DSLR) is a digital camera that uses a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera. The basic operation of a DSLR is as follows: for viewing purposes, the mirror reflects the light coming through the attached lens upwards at a 90 degree angle. It is then reflected three times by the roof pentaprism, rectifying it for the photographer's eye. (Note that the diagram below incorrectly shows a non-roof pentaprism.) During exposure, the mirror assembly swings upward, the aperture narrows (if stopped down, or set smaller than wide open), and a shutter opens, allowing the lens to project light onto the image sensor. A second shutter then covers the sensor, ending the exposure, and the mirror lowers while the shutter resets. The period that the mirror is flipped up is referred to as "viewfinder blackout ...
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