ACTIVITY 1

Directions:
Find your partner (2-3 students in a group). Read the text below. Then, analyze
the structure and language features of the text. Present it in the form of Power
Point Presentation (ppt). At the end, submit it in the form of .pdf on LMS.
CAMERA
Camera is a box that controls the amount of light which reaches a light-sensitive
surface inside (film, a digital sensor or another surface). The original cameras do not
have a glass lens, though today we can say that most cameras include: a light-tight, a
glass lens, and a surface that captures light. The “body” of a camera is, essentially, the
light-tight box that allows light to be captured on film, paper, or a digital sensor. Camera
bodies come in a variety of styles, shapes, formats, and have just as many intended uses.
Large Format Cameras are designed for 4x5 inch or larger sheet film (or digital
backs), these cameras give the photographer maximum control over perspective and
exposure. They are often identified by the bellows, which makes even modern cameras
look “old-fashioned,” manually operated, these are preferred cameras of commercial
and fine art photographers.
Medium Format Cameras are designed to use 120 films, medium format cameras
come in many shaped though they often have a boxy look. SLR and DSLR Cameras-SLR
cameras are the 35mm film versions of modern DSLR cameras and these are the most
common cameras used bu today’s pro and seious amateur photographers. The
acronyms stand for single lens reflex and digital single lens reflex which means that you
are looking directly through the lens when you use the viewfinder (this is not the case
with rangefinders). These cameras are also noted for the ability to change lenses.
Point and Shoot Cameras prior to cell phones, almost every family had a point
and shoot camera and probably worked their way from 110 to 35mm films and
eventually to digital cameras as technology progressed. They are still made and used
because the internal lens optics remain superios to those used in camera phones.
Despite the types of camera, the first cameras use a tiny hole (called a pinhole) in
the front of box to allow in light and to focus the image onto a viewing surface. This is
the same principle as when children punch a pinhole into a piece of paper in order to
safely watch a solar eclipse as more quickly. When glass elements are used in certain
combinations, we can also magnify images. Magnification has progressed to the point
where we can zoom into a scene without changing lenses.
Two other elements are essential to the camera and those are the film plane and
the shutter. In digital cameras, that “film” plane has become a digital sensor, but the
concept and purpose are the same. They are the place where the photographic image is
captured. Film technology advanced and is more sensitive and finely detailed than the
first film and paper surface used. This allowed us to stop motion, take photographs in
low light, and create images with sharper details and greater contrast ranges. All of the
technology and knowledge was used to create digital sensors, which often take the place
of film. Today’s cameras also have shutters that control the light from reaching the film
or sensor with the touch of a button. Shutter technology takes on many forms, but all
are designed with a variable aperture opening (the f-stop) and a time that it should be
open (the shutter speed). We also have powerful flashes to help illuminate scenes.

Topic: ___________________
A. Structure of the Text

Types of Cameras Characteristics and Functions of

Types of Cameras

Parts of Camera Elements of Cameras

B. Vocabulary Building
Find the difficult words based on the text. Then, find its meanings on your
dictionary!
No Words Meanings
Example Viewfinder The part of a camera that look you through to
see the area that you are photographing.
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C. Language Features

Linguistic
Features