tv camera types

1. Camcorder
Highly portable, self-contained
camera.
(VTR is housed within the
camera)

2. Studio Camera
 Large, high quality camera
 Heavy - attached to
pedestal base
 Connected to control room
by cables

3. Consumer Camera
 Small camcorder
 1 CCD camera
 Can get very good quality
consumer camcorder for
around $300
 Good for capturing family
vacations & events

4. Prosumer Camera
 Generally a 3 chip camera
(3 CCDs)
• Very good quality
• Cost around $2,000

5. ENG/EFP Camera
 Electronic News
Gathering/Electronic Field
Production
 Designed to be carried by
the camera operator during
field production. Usually
powered by a battery

6. DSLR Camera
Digital Single Lens Reflex
 These cameras can produce
both high quality still photos
and high-definition (HDTV)
video.

7. DSLR Advantages
 Many lenses and
accessories to choose from
 Large image sensor for
excellent resolution (image
sharpness)
 Produce video at lower light
levels
 Manual override for creative
control

8. DSLR Disadvantage
 Need a tripod or camera
mount
 Poor audio quality from built
in mic. You need external
mic for audio pickup.

9.  [The digital SLR camera is] 'one of
the most dramatic things to happen in
the history of video.'
 Vincent Laforet, former Pulitzer Prize-
winning New York Times staff
photographer, now producing his own
videos with digital SLR cameras.

10. Click on the link to view a
video shot entirely with a
DSLR
 https://www.youtube.com/wa
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v=4QRBFfcQ1XM&list=PL8
E0B0472A88A3A04

11. Interview with Vincent LaForet
 https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?
v=ttrT5U67FnE&list=PL8E0
B0472A88A3A04

12. Other Devices for video:
Smartphones
iPads, tablets

13. Behind the Scenes shooting
with iPhone 5
 https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=scPBTiDVu1g
 Commercial:
 https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=yR2N8e8OeSo

14. Field of View
 What is seen through the
lens.
 Q. How do you change the
Field of View?
 A. Point your camera
somewhere else.

15. White Balance
 The adjustments of color
circuits in the camera to
produce white color in
lighting.
 You are telling the camera
what color white is.