Camera Basics

Holding the only picture the audience will ever see

A camera operator on a live show is trusted with the only thing the audience at home, on the stream or at the back of the room will actually see. Everything else on the show, the sound, the lighting, the set, the presenter's months of preparation, reaches them through somebody's framing and somebody's focus.

Inside: Before You Begin - How a Camera Makes an Image - The Camera in the System - Exposure - Focus & Lenses - Framing, Composition & Movement - Supports, Pedestals and Handheld - Preparing for the Shoot - The Camera Operator on a Live Show - Recording, Care and the Wrap - Glossary.