Digital Camera Memory Card
When learning to use your new digital camera you may find it easier to learn the correct terminology for each part of the camera and their functions.
Automatic Mode is a a setting that sets the focus, white balance and picture exposure automatically.
Continuous Capture Mode often called Burst Mode is when a series of pictures is taken in rapid succession with one click of the take picture button.
Digital camera Zoom button will crop and enlarge the main focus or center part of an image.
Next you will some of the common words used when speaking of digital information.
Compression is the process of compaction any type of digital data. The data is compressed automatically by the digital camera by removing any unneeded information. It may be images, text or even short movie clips.
JPEG is the most used format for compression on digital cameras.
Lag Time is the slight pause you will experience from the time the shutter button is pressed to the actual time that the image is captured.
LCD or Liquid Crystal Display is the viewing screen most digital cameras have.
Lens is a round and transparent plastic or glass that is used a tool to collect light and focus it on the sensor to capture an image.
Megabyte or MB is a measurement used with most digital memory cards. One MB is equal to 1024 Kilobytes and refers to the amount of information on a specific file.
Pixels are small individual units of color that create a digital image.
RGB stands for red, green and blue. RGB are the primary colors that are used to create all other colors on a computer.
Resolution or camera resolution is the exact number of pixels that were used to create a specific image. This determines the quality of the image and the size that the image can be printed in.
Viewfinder is and optical window used to look through to compose the image scene.
White Balance is used to adjust the camera to compensate for type of light or condition that you are taking the picture in.
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