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Digital Camera Glossary

Shopping for a digital camera is much easier when you understand all of the related terminology. Consult this glossary to avoid being confused by jargon and lingo from salespeople.

16:9 Ratio

3:2 Ratio

35mm Equivalent

35mm Slides

4:3 Ratio

Accessories

AF-Lock, AE-Lock, and FE-Lock

Aperture

Art Filters

Autofocus

Auto Bracketing

Automatic Exposure (AE)

Barrel Lens Distortion

Automatic Mode

Bits

Battery

Burst Mode

Camera Body

Cameraphone

CCD (Charge Coupled Device)

CMOS Sensor

Circle of Confusion

CompactFlash (CF)

Continuous Shot Mode

Conversion Lenses

Depth of Field

Digicam

Digital IS

Digital Photo Frame

Digital Slide Scanner

Digital Zoom

Dual Camera

Dual IS

Effective Resolution

Electronic Viewfinder (EVF)

EXIF Data

Exposure Metering

F-stop

External Flash

File Formats

Film Camera

Fill Factor

FireWire

Firmware

Fixed Lens Camera

Frames Per Second (fps)
The digital camera glossary defines frames per second, or fps, as the number of frames the camera can record in one second, either in still image continuous shooting mode or in movie mode.

Gamma

Flash

Flash Memory

Flip LCD

Focal Length

Focal Length Multiplier

Focus Lock

Geotagging

Hot Shoe

Image Editing Software

Image Quality

Macro DSLR Photography

Image Sensor

Medium Format Camera
The digital camera glossary defines a medium format camera as a type of camera that uses a larger image sensor or larger film than most DSLRs or point and shoot cameras.

Image Stabilization (IS)

Interchangeable Lenses

Li-Ion Camera Batteries

ISO

JPEG

KB (Kilobyte)

Landscape Mode

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)

Macro Mode

Manual Controls

MB (Megabyte)

Megapixel (MP)

Pincushion Distortion

Memory Stick (MS)

Menu Structure

Movie Mode

MultiMedia Card (MMC)

Negative

Noise

Optical IS

Optical Viewfinder

Optical Zoom

Rule of Thirds

Panorama Mode

Sensor Linearity

PictBridge

Remote Capture

Pixel

Point and Shoot

Portrait Mode

Power Adapter

Processor

RAW

Picture Angle

Redeye

Resolution

Response Times

Scene Modes

Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC)

Self Timer

Shooting Modes

Vignetting

Shot to Shot Delay

Shutter

Shutter Lag

Shutter Speed

Remote Capture

SmartMedia

Software

Specifications

Startup Time

Telephoto

TIFF

Ultra Compact

Underwater Photography

USB

Viewfinder

White Balance

Wide Angle

xD-Picture Card (xD)

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