The camera I will be using in filming my film opening is a 'Nikon Coolpix L810' Bridge camera as seen below.
Technical Specifications:
- Video Resolution: 1280 x 720 (720p/HD)
- Sensor Resolution: 16.1 Megapixel
- Optical Sensor Type: CCD
- Digital Zoom: 4x
- Image recording Format: JPEG
- Digital Video Format: H.264
- Light Sensitivity: ISO 100
- Optical Zoom: 26x
- Lens Aperture: f/3.1-5.9
- Minimum Focus Range: 50cm
Explanations:
- Video Resolution: The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.
- Sensor Resolution: is the detail an image holds. The term applies to raster digital images, film images, and other types of images. Higher resolution means more image detail.
- Optical Sensor Type:A digital camera sensor is, basically, its film. When you take a photo, the sensor is exposed to light and other components in the camera record what it sees.
- Digital Zoom: takes a central portion of the image and enlarging it, thus ‘simulating’ optical zoom. In other words, the camera crops a portion of the image and then enlarges it back to size. In so doing, you lose image quality
- Image recording Format: JPEG is a format for compressing image files. RAW is a file format that captures all image data recorded by the sensor when you take a photo.
- Digital Video Format: A video file format is a type of file format for storing digital video data on a computer system. Video is almost always stored in compressed form to reduce the file size. H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC) is a video coding format that is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of video content. H.262 File extension is '.flv' (Flash Video)
- Light Sensitivity: The lower the ISO number, the less sensitive it is to the light, while a higher ISO number increases the sensitivity of your camera. The component within your camera that can change sensitivity is called “image sensor” or simply “sensor”.
- Optical Zoom: uses the optics (lens) of the camera to bring the subject closer.
- Lens Aperture: Aperture is referred to the lens diaphragm opening inside a photographic lens. The size of the diaphragm opening in a camera lens REGULATES amount of light passes through onto the film inside the camera the moment when the shutter curtain in camera opens during an exposure process.
- Minimum Focus Range: the focal length of a digital camera lens is the distance between the lens surface and the image sensor. The larger the distance, the stronger the magnification factor of the lens. Focal length determines the angle of view for your camera. When a camera has a short focal length, it has a wider angle of view. When a camera has a longer focal length, the field of view is narrower.