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Mode Dial

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:53

This is a rotational dial that can be swivelled around to change a camera’s mode setting. Found on both compacts and D-SLRs and placed on a camera’s top-plate. On compacts you’re likely to find the mode dial on the far right of the to-pplate, meaning you can change the mode quickly and easily with your thumb. On a D-SLR they’re ...

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Mode Dial

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:53

This is a rotational dial that can be swivelled around to change a camera’s mode setting. Found on both compacts and D-SLRs and placed on a camera’s top-plate. On compacts you’re likely to find the mode dial on the far right of the to-pplate, meaning you can change the mode quickly and easily with your thumb. On a D-SLR they’re ...

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D-Pad

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:49

Also known as a directional pad or digital pad, the D-pad is used to describe one of the main buttons on a compact or D-SLR camera. It’s found on the back and lets you move through the camera’s menu system, change AF points and flick through your images in play mode. Although D-pads differ from camera to camera, most of ...

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Top-plate

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:45

If you hold your camera in both hands and look vertically down on top of it you’ll be looking at the top-plate. On a standard D-SLR you’ll find a LCD screen, pop up flash and mode dial on the top-plate. Layout varies from camera to camera and manufacturers often place commonly used buttons like White Balance, ISO and AF, on ...

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Image Quality

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:41

A general term regularly used in both Digital Photo and Practical Photography magazines to describe the quality of an image taken by any type of camera. You can test the image quality of a camera in a number of ways; the most common is by assessing the metering and ISO performance and by viewing a photograph at 100%, or by ...

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Centre-weighted

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Anonymous, 13 October 2008 16:43

Centre-weighted metering exposes the image for the centre spot but then feathers out towards the edge. This method helps ensure much more consistent results.

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Spot metering

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Anonymous, 13 October 2008 16:41

Spot metering calculates the exposure by taking a reading from a small circle in the centre of the viewfinder. This method of metering can be unreliable as only the centre of the image is taken into consideration.

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Matrix metering

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Anonymous, 13 October 2008 16:37

Matrix metering samples the whole image and breaks it into different sections to calculate the best exposure possible. This is the most accurate form of metering as it samples the whole scene and sets the exposure according to an average.

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Shutter

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Anonymous, 07 October 2008 16:39

A shutter is a movable cover that prevents incoming light reaching the sensor. As a picture is taken, the shutter opens allowing light to reach the sensor, then it closes again stopping the light. The term shutter speed refers to the time the shutter is kept open.

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Live View

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Anonymous, 23 September 2008 17:20

Live view is a handy feature that’s being included on more and more D-SLRs. It allows you to view and compose your images through the back of the camera’s screen and is great for working close to the ground or for overhead shooting – providing you have a tilt screen on your camera. Generally, most photographers prefer to compose their ...

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SLR

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Anonymous, 15 September 2008 15:14

SLR stands for single lens reflex camera. This means that there is only one lens in the camera, whereas compact cameras usually have two lenses - one for the viewfinder and one for the sensor to take the picture. SLRs can be digital or film, but both have a mechanical mechanism to move the mirror up and open the shutter ...

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