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All About ISO
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We’re finishing up our basics of photography with ISO, or film speed. This builds on our previous episodes on the pinhole camera, shutter speed and aperture.
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How Shutter Speed Works
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Today our topic of conversation is shutter speed, continuing our media science series about photography. Shutter speed refers to how long the shutter of a camera is open for. Shutter speed is closely tied to aperture.
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What is Aperture?
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This week, we continue our media science conversation about cameras and talk about aperture, which adjusts how much light is seen by the film plane.
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Photography Basics
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This week, we begin our series on photography. We’re starting the series with the most basic camera, the pinhole camera.
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What Video Camera Should I Buy?
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So, what camera should you buy? This week, Rob and Chris set out to answer a question that Chris gets asked on a regular basis.
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What is Video Compression?
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This week we discuss video compression. “What is Video Compression” continues our Media Science series. It’s not about BBQ sauce, but you’ll understand why we’re using that image after you listen to the file.
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Video Editing Basics
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his week we discuss the basics of video editing. “Video Editing Basics” is the next part of our Media Science series.
Once you’ve recorded your video, the next step is editing. There are two ways to edit. the first is called linear ot tape to tape editing. This is the analog way of editing where you [...] -
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How Video Cameras Work
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his week we discuss how video cameras work. “Video Cameras” is the next part of our Media Science series. How they work is part one of four.
Discussed is the three basic parts to video cameras and how they function. The lens, the imager chip (CCD or otherwise), the A/D converter and the recording mechanism. The [...] -
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What is Amplitude?
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Continuing our “Media Science” series on sound, we discuss amplitude.
We use the familiar example of a guitar making noise to show that amplitude as a percieved loudness. This episode wraps up our media science series on the basics of sound. There is more to learn and understand about sound, but the series of three episodes will give you an understanding of the physics of sound.
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What is Frequency?
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Continuing our “Media Science” series, we discuss frequency.
We use different different examples of frequency creation to show that frequency as a measurement of time. Also defined is the period of a wavelength in relation to frequency.
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