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Kodak Camera Dissection
Kodak Camera Dissection
Kodak Camera Dissection
Shutter
9 • Controls the amount of light that the film gets exposed to
2. Flash Bulb
10 • Creates the right amount of light to get a perfect picture
2 3. Flash Button
7 • Charges the capacitor for a full flash
5 4. Capacitor
• Hold a charge for the flash (since the battery only holds 1.5V)
5. Shutter Spring
1 • Allows for the shutter to open and close in the perfect amount
3
of exposure time
6. Shutter Lever
• Pulls the shutter spring back and locks it into place
4 7. Click Wheel
• Advances the film from the storage to the film canister
8. Film Canister
• Hold the exposed film (with the pictures on it)
9. Shutter Button
• Releases the shutter lever and allows a picture to be taken
10. View Finder
15 • Allows the photographer to see their frame of view
11. Lens
10
• Focus the picture to different distances
12. Blue Gear
12
• Winds the shutter lever and is wound by the perforations on
the film
13. Unexposed Film Reel
8 • Hold the unexposed film safe from exposure
14 13 11
14. Battery
• Allows for the flash to be charged via the capacitor
15. Film Counter
• Shows the number of exposures left
Additional Pictures
Front and Back casings of camera. Both are made of 70% recycled plastic
and are held together by clasps on each side.
The perforations in the film allow for the blue
gear to wind.
Foil packaging that camera comes in to prevent light
exposure and damage to the camera.
Taking a Picture:
1. Unwrap the camera from the package.
2. Charge the capacitor by pushing in the flash button on the front of the camera.
3. Turn the click wheel until the new frame of film clicks into place
a. While the click wheel is turned, the perforations on the edges of the film click into place with the blue turn wheel and pull the
film from the left side of the camera into the cartridge.
b. As the film is moving from left to right, the shutter lever moves into a fixed location and stretches out the shutter spring.
c. This process “activates” the shutter button.
4. Push in the shutter button
a. This restarts the shutter lever, and causes the shutter to open momentarily and be exposed for the ideal time allowing a picture
to be taken (which means the film becomes exposed to the light being let in through the lens).
b. The blue gear restarts and locks into the next perforation on the film
c. The flash bulb ignites causing the flash effect as the energy stored in the capacitor is transferred to the flash bulb area.
5. The photographer then winds the exposed film into the film canister advancing the film count wheel.
6. The camera is set for a new picture.
7. Because this specific brand of camera has an automatically resetting flash, only steps 3 through 6 must be repeated for each new
picture.