What equipment is used in photography?

Photographic equipment includes the devices and materials used to capture and record images either electronically through an image sensor or chemically using light-sensitive materials like photographic film. Various manufacturing companies produce this specialized gear, ranging from cameras and lenses to films and processing chemistry. Historically and presently, equipment makers supply tools utilized not only for art and recreation but also for scientific, manufacturing, and commercial fields.

What we know

• Photographic equipment makers are companies that manufacture or license the manufacture of equipment for photography. [2]
• Photography utilizes equipment to record light either electronically via an image sensor or chemically using a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. [4]
• Photographic film relies on a transparent film base coated with a gelatin emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide crystals. [3]
• Specialized photographic and surveying equipment is also employed in distinct fields like caving and speleology to document cave systems. [5] · medium confidence

Where to go next

• how it workedHow does photographic film capture light chemically?
• how we knowWho manufactures photographic equipment today?
• whenWhat is the history of photography?
• compared withHow do electronic image sensors replace film?
• the bigger pictureWhat tools are needed for cave exploration?
• an unexpected connectionHow does cave exploration rely on photographic gear?Specialized photographic equipment is categorized alongside vertical gear and wetsuits as essential equipment used by cavers to document deep underground environments.

Sources

• [1]list of photographic equipment makers (Wikidata Q1828591) · CC0 1.0
• [2]List of photographic equipment makers · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Photographic film · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Photography · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Caving equipment · CC BY-SA 4.0