DIGITAL CAMERA

Canon Power Shot A40

                                                                                                                                          

                          

THE CAMERA (Hardware)

Shooting mode dial

ZoomOptic view finder

LCD display

Shutter button

Flash + Red eye lamp

Microphone

On/Off button

Set up buttons

Lens

CF slot

• Compact Flash Card (8MB-512MB)- [Canon]

• Flash Card- [Minolta, Pentax]

• Memory Stick– [Sony]

• Smart media- [Olympus]

SPACE: Memory Card

• 4AA Batteries

• Digital Camera AA Batteries

• Rechargeable Batteries (NiCd or NiMH 1800 mAh)

• Lithium Ion Batteries

POWER: Batteries Charged

                                                            

RESOLUTION: Mega Pixels• 2.0 Mega pixels (1600 x 1200 = 1’920,000)

Resources that could be useful

• Understanding basics of Digital Cameras http://www.digicaminfo.com/index.html

• Specific information for a digital camera http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/a40-30/index.html

• EVERY PROVIDER will MOST OFTEN HAVE AN INTERNET ADDRESS where you can get HELP/SUPPORT about your CAMERA

PLAYING AROUND WITH THE DIGITAL CAMERAS

Taking Picture

Editing Picture (Camera- Computer)

Activities

TAKING A PICTURE• Set –up (Auto focus, red

eye, manual, flash, etc)• Changing Image Size and

Resolution• Digital Zoom• Video settings and

Stitching (Panorama)• Setting up the camera to

take at least 32 pictures.

EDITING A PICTURE

• CAMERA– Zooming in– Deleting one/ all

• COMPUTER– USB connection– Computer software (Canon Zoom Browser,

Adobe Photoshop, Imaging, etc)

ACTIVITIES

• Measuring Things

• Sending a message to our friends in Africa

• Video- Presenting yourselves

• Classroom Picture (If time)

• Classroom Video (If time)

SENDING A MESSAGE EXAMPLE- 1

SENDING A MESSAGE EXAMPLE- 2

WORDS: ENG-ZUL-SWA-SPAEnglish Isizulu

(S.Africa)Kiswahili (Kenya)

Madagasy (Madagsc)

Spanish

Hello Sawubona Jambo Manao ahoana

Hola

Friend Umngane rafiki namana amigo

Thank you Ngiyabonga

ahsante Misaotra Gracias

Good bye Hamba kahle

Kwa heri Veloma Chau

VIDEO

• Greeting (Jambo, Hi, Hola, Zulu/Malagasy)

• NAME (First Name)

• What you like (Sport, play instrument, read)

• Looking forward to meet you

• Bye