Camera Basics

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Across
  1. 1. temperature the overall color cast of nominally white light, expressed in degrees on the Kelvin scale
  2. 3. the system used for broadcasting high-definition TV in North America
  3. 4. a lens in front of an internal viewfinder that can be adjusted to compensate for the eyesight of the operator
  4. 5. a mechanical camera support system carried or worn by the operator that permits perfectly steady hand-held shooting
  5. 8. data storage on small, thin cards that contain no moving parts
  6. 10. the system used for broadcasting traditional TV in North America
  7. 11. supported by tripods, stabilizers, or dollies
  8. 13. rolling camera support
  9. 16. the number of images per second recorded by the camera
  10. 18. a gray filter that reduces the incoming light without otherwise changing it, typically supplied in one-to-four stop densities-many cameras have ND built in
Down
  1. 2. a video camera converts incoming light and then translate it into an electrical video signal
  2. 6. two fields are interlaced to make a complete video frame
  3. 7. the process of combing two fields to create one full frame of video image
  4. 8. a particular aperture setting
  5. 9. the resistance of a tripod head to panning or tilting
  6. 12. the opening in the lens that admits light
  7. 14. the distance range, near-to-far, within which subjects appear sharp in the image
  8. 15. a three-legged camera support that permits leveling and turning the camera
  9. 17. one-half of the information in a single frame of video, arranged either as the odd lines or the even line