Digital Photography Camera Function Definitions

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY – CAMERA FUNCTION DEFINITIONS DEFINITION WORD

Zooms out from the subject The thing being photographed Zooms in on the subject High-resolution color display device like a tiny TV set a button or similar device used to activate a camera shutter. Mechanical device used to control the time that light is allowed to pass through the camera The ability of a lens to focus very close. Usually used for taking pictures of small objects. A window in your camera that is used to compose the photograph. built-in flash supplies auxiliary light to supplement natural or available lighting conditions often resulting in better color, better exposure, and improved picture sharpness. Optical device usually made of glass for forming an image by bending light rays. An effect caused by an electronic flash reflecting off of the human eye and making it look red. Most digital camera’s come with ‘red-eye reduction’, a special flash mode which helps eliminate the effect. Holding the camera in its normal horizontal orientation to capture the image. Turning the camera to a vertical orientation to capture the image. Use white balance. White on white objects A brownish colour usually used to create an ‘olden days’ look in a photograph Allows the photographer to get into the picture without having to touch it. Auto Exposure, a system for automatically setting the proper exposure according to the existing light conditions. The camera lens focuses automatically, usually when the shutter release is half-pressed. Term used to mean Black and White The amount of light that reaches the image sensor and is controlled by a combination of the lens aperture and shutter speed. Forcing the flash to fire to lighten areas of shadow or provide more overall illumination The number of pixels per unit length of image. For example, pixels per inch, pixels per millimeter, or pixels wide. The smallest element of an image that can be individually processed in a video display system. A term used for a simple, easy to use camera with a minimum of user controls. Generally the user turns the camera on, aims it at the subject and presses the shutter button. The camera does everything automatically. The quality of any digital image, whether printed or displayed on a screen, depends in part on its resolution—the number of pixels used to create the image. More and smaller pixels adds detail and sharpens edges.

Shutter release , Camera lens, Auto focus, B & W , sepia, pixel , viewfinder, macro, Portrait format, Image resolution, Wide angle, AE (Auto Exposure), exposure, shutter, resolution, Red eye, flash, subject, telephoto, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), Landscape format, Self timer, Fill Flash, Point and Shoot