Camera Operators

Operate process camera and related darkroom equipment to photograph and develop negatives of material to be printed.

Job Task

• Mounts material to be photographed on copyboard of camera.
• Measures density of continuous tone images to be photographed to set exposure time for halftone images.
• Selects and installs screens and filters in camera to produce desired effects.
• Adjusts camera settings, lights, and lens.
• Feeds film into automatic film processor that develops, fixes, washes, and dries film.
• Measures original layouts and determines proportions needed to make reduced or enlarged photographic prints for pasteup.
• Exposes high contrast film for predetermined exposure time.
• Immerses film in series of chemical baths to develop images and hangs film on rack to dry.
• Performs exposure tests to determine line, halftone, and color reproduction exposure lengths for various photographic factors.

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