ICT role in 21st century education and its challenges
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1. Before turning on a camera, it is important to check whether the main components
are intact in the camera.
2. Step 1: Check Battery and Memory
• Check if your camera have sufficient memory to store
pictures and check battery life of your camera. Charge your
camera if the battery is insufficient before using it.
3. Step 2: Use Appropriate lens
• For a digital camera to be of great value to a
photographer it must have a camera lens with
the following attributes. Focal Length: This
defines the camera’s Lens’s angle of
observation. There are various types of lenses
available in the market namely fixed focal span
lenses which are not zoom-able and sometime
referred to as primes, having a single number
and the zoom lenses with two numbers
indicating the extremes of the range. The other
component of a digital camera is the aperture
which describe amount of light gathers by the
lens, normally expressed in many different
ways including f4, f/4, 1:4 which offer the
similar meaning. A digital camera with a
smaller number indicates that the lens has a
larger maximum aperture which enables it to
gather more light. Having a lens with a larger
aperture will allow a photographer to capture
images in a lower light environment.
4. Step 3: Clean The lense
• You can follow these simple steps to clean your camera lens.
• Using an air blower and a soft-bristled brush, remove as much dirt as you can.
• Add a drop or two of lens cleaning fluid to a microfiber cloth or a cleaning wipe.
• Starting from the outer part, wipe the lens in a circular motion going to the center and
gently remove fingerprints, oil, smudges, dirt, and dust.
5. A professional cameraman always carries enough battery, memory, and
also equipment for their photo shooting session.
