| Every advance in technology creates new terms, | | | | A gigabyte (GB) is a measure of data storage |
| acronyms and definitions. The digital camera | | | | capacity. It is approximately on billion bytes. |
| revolution is no different. When shopping for your | | | | LCD Screen |
| first digital camera, it is always good to know the | | | | The liquid crystal display (LCD) screen is used to set |
| lingo. Saves you from that stupid feeling one often | | | | and view digital pictures immediately after taking them. |
| gets when speaking with sales people. I hope this | | | | |
| glossary helps. | | | | Macro |
| Aperture | | | | A feature that allows a camera to take extreme |
| The size of the lens opening, which controls how much | | | | close-ups of the subject. |
| light, passes through the lens. Aperture is measured | | | | Megabyte |
| in f-stops. A higher number equals a smaller amount | | | | A megabyte (MB) is a measure of data storage |
| of light. Most digitalcameras allow manual aperture | | | | capacity. It is approximately one million bytes. |
| settings. | | | | Megapixel |
| Auto Focus | | | | A megapixel is a unit of measurement in a digital |
| This feature automatically focuses your picture at the | | | | picture. A megapixel equals on million pixels. The |
| touch of a button. By pressing slightly on the shutter | | | | higher the megapixel total the higher the picture |
| release, the auto focus feature of the camera is | | | | resolution. |
| activated. | | | | Memory Card / Media Card |
| CCD | | | | A memory card is a small electronic device that stores |
| The CCD (charged couple device) is the electronic | | | | images. Storage capacities range from 16 MB to 4 |
| imaging device that forms your picture in the camera. | | | | GB. It is capable of storing still images or video. |
| In other words, it is the electronic version of film for a | | | | Noise |
| digital camera. The higher pixel counts in the CCD, | | | | Graininess in an image, caused by too little light or a |
| the more detailed image. | | | | defect in the electrical signal generated during the |
| Digital Image Stabilization | | | | image capture process. |
| A process by which blurring in pictures caused by | | | | Optical Zoom |
| camera movement is minimized and possibly | | | | A type of zoom on a digital camera that enlarges the |
| eliminated. | | | | subject by the use of glass lenses. It is the most |
| Digital Zoom | | | | important type of zoom on a digital camera. |
| A function which can enlarge a picture by increasing | | | | Recycling Time |
| the size of the pixels. This often results in some | | | | This is the amount of time it takes for a digital camera |
| fuzziness of the subject. | | | | to ready itself for the next shot. |
| DPI | | | | Red Eye Reduction/Red Eye Removal |
| DPI stands for dots per inch. It also refers to the | | | | This is a process by which red eye coloring is reduced |
| resolutions of the picture. The higher the DPI, the | | | | or eliminated. Red eye is more common in low light |
| sharper the picture. | | | | situations when the pupils are wide open. Light |
| F-Stop | | | | reflecting off the back of the eye causes it. |
| F-stop is the number assigned to a particular size | | | | Scene Modes |
| opening on the aperture. The higher the number, the | | | | Scene modes are pre-set programs in a digital |
| small the opening. Larger numbers admit less light; | | | | camera that adjusts the camera to specific picture |
| smaller numbers admit more light. | | | | taking situations. |
| File Format | | | | USB Connectivity |
| This is the way digital pictures are stored. The most | | | | A popular way of connecting all sorts of devices such |
| common formats are jpeg, GIF, tiff and RAW. The | | | | as a digital camera to computers. USB connectivity is |
| format being used appears at the end of the file name. | | | | used to download your photos from the camera to |
| Gigabyte | | | | the computer. |