Blog #1

Blog #1

Quest#1. What is white balancing a camera, why do you do it, and what does it accomplish?

Answer: White balancing a camera is to give a reference to True white; it is done because it tells the camera what the colour white is, so it will record it correctly; based on the fact that all colours contain white light. It accomplishes display of all colours correctly.

Quest#2. Name three of each and explain the difference between, Camera and Directors instructions.

Answer: The three instruction for the camera are as follow Pan, Tilt and Zoom while for the director they are Picture is up, Action and Cut; The difference between these sets of instructions are One is electronically done and the other is manually done and the camera cannot perform the instructions for the director and the same for the director

Quest#3. What is AGC, and what does it do?

Answer: AGC is automatic gain control and it take action in increasing the amount of amplification in certain low light conditions; to bring the video signal up to the minimum required level . AGC is not only for that purpose but to reduce noise and picture attenuation, the signal to noise reduced and provide quality picture, which a camera without AGC won’t be able to give a proper working signal.

Quest#4. If you do not want 16:9 , what is the other option for shooting? and what does it mean?

Answer: The other operation for shooting is 4:3 and it means standard screen.

Quest#5. When you open the iris on a camera, what does it do to the picture?

Answer: When the iris is open is allows more light to enter therefore the picture becomes brighter

Quest#6. Apart from white balance, what else should you check before each new scene.?

Answer: The other setting to check before shooting a new scene would be Resolution, video quality and Adjust ( sharpness, contrast and saturation) and if audio is being used (ace audio)