The Camera

By definition, a camera is photographic apparatus used to

expose sensitized film or plates to reflected light images
formed by a lens. It can also be considered as alight tight box
with means of forming the image, holding sensitized materials,
and controlling the amount of light that will reach the film.
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 A camera usually has electronic refinements and automatic
features,but underneath all that is basic design that includes a
lightproof container with a hole at one end over which a lens is
placed and a holder opposite to accommodate either a strip of light-
sensitive film, or light-sensitive.electronic chip. "to produce a
correctly exposed image in a variety of light intensities, the camera
has an iris diaphragm that can be adjusted to leave a
hole of varying diameter. This called the aperture. On a fixed lens
compact camera, the lens also contains a shutter mechanism, known
as a between-the lens shutter, which opens to allow light to reach
the film. The shutter allows to choose the precise moment of
exposure, and by selecting from a range of shutter speeds you can
also control the length of exposure. The shutter mechanism on a
single lens reflex (SLR) camera is located inside the body,behind the
lens, just in front of the film or digital sensor, and is as a focal plane
shutter" (Hedgecoe, 2005).