How Traditional Cameras Work

ith a traditional camera, light comes through the lenses and strikes the emulsion, or special silver halide coating, on the film. The brighter the light, or the longer the film is exposed, the darker the image. The film is "developed" using chemicals, creating either a negative (where light parts of the image show as dark, and dark parts show as light) or a slide positive. Prints are then made from the negative.

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