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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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Orientation sensor

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Anonymous, 13 October 2008 16:48

An orientation sensor tells the camera if a picture was taken in the portrait or landscape position. This information then allows the camera to rotate the picture accordingly so it is the correct way up.

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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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Underexposure

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Anonymous, 23 October 2007 15:06

An image is regarded as underexposed when too little light has passed to the film or sensor giving very dark images with little or no shadow detail. Underexposure is the result of an inappropriate exposure being set, either automatically by the camera or manually by the photographer. It is possible, by a number of different techniques, to compensate for underexposure. ...

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Full-frame sensor

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Anonymous, 18 October 2007 15:58

When comparing the relative size of the sensor used in a particular model of a digital camera many photographers use the vernacular of modern photographic language and refer to a full-frame sensor. However, this term, which has no strict definition in photographic specification other than being based on the nominal (24 x 36 mm) dimensions of a 135-format, 35 mm ...

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Auto exposure

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Anonymous, 18 October 2007 14:47

Auto exposure is an in-camera system for setting the shutter speed and aperture automatically. There are several different types of auto exposure systems. Program exposure is where the camera sets both the shutter speed and the aperture automatically. While aperture-priority and shutter-priority modes allow you to choose the lens aperture or shutter speed respectively, while the camera automatically selects the ...

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