Ellie Beazley

» The automatic function (AF) will automatically focus on the point of interest that is in the shot and will continue to automatically change as you move the camera.

» The manual function (MF) will mean the camera holder themselves will have to change the focus. This will allow full control over what is in focus. For example you can do a depth of field shot so the background blurs and only one specific item is focused within the shot.

» The zoom function will allow you to either get closeror further away from the object or scene you areshooting. For it to zoom in you press the T on thecamera which stands for telephoto as it as if you areusing a telescope in order to take the photo. Lastlythe W stands for wide angle and allows you to zoomout to give a wide field of view. Objects will appearsmaller however you will be able to capture more ofthe environment.

» White balance help the objects that are in shot to become more vivid and not dulled. For example usually if white balance has not been set on the camera some whites can appear to be more grey so setting the balance helps the objects that are white in person to be rendered white in the photo.

» The iris of the camera allows you to control the amount of light coming through the lens, this is to help reduce help reduce light exposure on the lens. The more open the iris the more light it lets in and the more it is closed the less light is allowed in

» Gain on the camera helps aids the overall brightness of the shot. For example when filming in night time the gain will be increased as and used as an artificial light source. However if too much gain is used in a shot the image will become more distorted.

» Infrared mode allows for shots to be filmed in darkness. It does this by picking up the heat sources so these are now seen more vividly. However it will be unable to shoot in the natural colour and images will usually be in a bright white or be in the heat sources colouring

» The zebra function tells you what parts of the image are over exposed when shooting. The diagonal lines tells you what part of the image is over exposed. It is best to have as little zebra stripes as possible on the main focus of the scene.

» Peaking is a tool that aids manual focusing. It highlights the areas that are in focus so you can focus the camera and not miss the important shots that are not in focus. (Usually red means it is in focus).