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| Light-tight box that contains the camera's mechanisms and protects the film from light until you are ready to make an exposure. |
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| Focuses an image on the film. |
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| optical glass lens components that produce the image. |
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| turning the ring focuses the image nu adjusting the distance of the lends elements from the film plane. |
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| a circle of overlapping leaves that open up to increase or decrease the amount of light reaching the film. |
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| adjusts the size of the iris diaphragm inside the lens |
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| reflects light from the lens upwards onto the viewing screen |
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| a ground-glass surface onto which the focuised image appears upside down & backwards |
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| reflects the image from the viewing screen until it appears right side up & correct from left to right |
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| window in which the corrected image from the pentaprism is visible to the photographer |
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| opens to expose the film to the light |
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| the light-sensitive material that records the image |
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| advances an unexposed segment of film behind the shutter in prep for exposure |
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| selects the shutter speed |
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| activates the exposure sequence in which the mirror raises, the shutter opens, and the film is exposed. |
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| attaches a flash unit to the camera |
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| rewinds the film into its casette after the roll of film has been exposed. |
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| the light-tight container in which 35mm film is packaged. |
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