It will help when learning to use your new digital camera to also know what some of the more prevalent terms mean. Below you will find many of those common terms defined..
Automatic Mode - A setting that sets the focus, exposure and white-balance instantly.
Burst Mode or Continuous Capture Mode - a number of pictures taken one after another at quickly timed intervals with one press of the shutter button.
Compression - The entire process of compacting digital data, images and text by removing selected information.
Zoom - Cropping and magnifying the center part of an image.
JPEG - The predominant format used for image data compresion in digital camera models
Lag Time - The pause between the time the shutter button is pressed and when the camera actually captures the look
LCD - (Liquid-Crystal Display) is really a small screen on a digital camera for viewing images.
Lens - A round and translucent glass or plastic piece that has the purpose of collecting light and focusing it on the sensor to capture the look.
Megabyte - (MB) Measures 1024 Kilobytes, and refers to the amount of information inside a file, or just how much information can be contained on a Storage device, Hard Drive or Disk.
Pixels - Tiny units of color that make up digital pictures. Pixels also calculate digital resolution. A million pixels adds up to one mega-pixel.
RGB - Refers to Red, Green, Blue colors used on computers to produce all other colors.
Resolution - Camera image resolution describes the amount of pixels accustomed to create the image, which determines the quantity of detail a camera can capture. The greater pixels a camera has, the greater detail it may register and the larger the image could be printed.
Storage Card - The removable storage device which retains photos taken with the camera, comparable to film, but much smaller. Also known as an electronic camera memory card...
Viewfinder - The optical "window" to appear right through to compose the scene.
White Balance - White balancing adjusts the camera to compensate for the kind of light (daylight, fluorescent, incandescent, etc.,) or lighting conditions within the scene therefore it will appear normal towards the human eye.
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