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== A Basic Guide To Camera Operating ==
== A Basic Guide To Camera Operating ==
These Are Basic Rules of Thumb, Some Deviation Can Be Good
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'''<u>Things to take with you if shooting outside the Studio</u>:'''
'''<u>Things to take with you if shooting outside the Studio</u>:'''
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== Terminology (Not Often Used): ==
== Terminology (Not Often Used): ==


<u>Optical axis</u>: Along the line of sight of the camera, it is from the back of the camera to the lens centre.
'''<u>Optical axis</u>:'''Along the line of sight of the camera, it is from the back of the camera to the lens centre.


<u>Pan</u>: Camera remains stationary but rotates left or right about its vertical axis.
'''<u>Pan</u>:'''Camera remains stationary but rotates left or right about its vertical axis.


<u>Tilt</u>: Camera remains stationary but rotates up or down about its horizontal axis perpendicular to its optical axis.
'''<u>Tilt</u>:''':::Camera remains stationary but rotates up or down about its horizontal axis perpendicular to its optical axis.


<u>Roll</u>: Camera remains stationary but rotates anticlockwise or clockwise about its optical axis (useful for unusual shots).
'''<u>Roll</u>:''' Camera remains stationary but rotates anticlockwise or clockwise about its optical axis (useful for unusual shots).


<u>Zoom</u>: Zoom in makes the subject larger on the screen (more telephoto, larger focal length, lesser angle of view).
'''<u>Zoom</u>:''' Zoom in makes the subject larger on the screen (more telephoto, larger focal length, lesser angle of view).


Zoom out makes the subject smaller on the screen (more wide, smaller focal length, greater angle of view).
Zoom out makes the subject smaller on the screen (more wide, smaller focal length, greater angle of view).


<u>Jib</u>: Camera doesn’t rotate but is moved vertically up or down.
'''<u>Jib</u>:''' Camera doesn’t rotate but is moved vertically up or down.


<u>Dolly</u>: Camera doesn’t rotate but is moved horizontally in some direction.
'''<u>Dolly</u>:''' Camera doesn’t rotate but is moved horizontally in some direction.


<u>Focus Pull</u>: When a shot is made to change to (or from) being entirely blurred from (or to) focussed on a particular object – or  
'''<u>Focus Pull</u>:''' When a shot is made to change to (or from) being entirely blurred from (or to) focussed on a particular object – or from being focussed on one object to being focussed on a different object.
                from being focussed on one object to being focussed on a different object.