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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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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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Point and shoot

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Anonymous, 29 October 2008 15:48

The term point and shoot refers to a camera that has limited user controls and is mostly automatic. Point and shoot is a name given to compact cameras because they don’t have manual controls that you would find on a SLR. However many SLRs still have a point and shoot or fully automatic mode.

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Mirror lock-up

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Anonymous, 13 October 2008 16:24

The mirror lock-up is a camera function used to help reduce vibrations when taking a picture. The mirror lock-up requires the shutter release to be pressed twice to take a picture. The first press will flip the mirror up, and the second will open the shutter to take the picture.

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Memory Stick Pro

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Anonymous, 08 October 2008 16:01

Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, launched by Sony in October 1998. Memory Stick Pro was a development on the original Memory Stick offering an increase in storage capacity and faster file transfer speeds. The Memory Stick Pro was firstly introduced in 2003 having been designed between manufactures Sony and SanDisk. The maximum capacity of a MS Pro card currently ...

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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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Self-timer

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Anonymous, 05 September 2008 17:16

Most modern digital cameras include a self-timer function. This allows for a delay between depressing the shutter and the shutter opening, usually 2,5,10,15 or more seconds. Some cameras will have more options than others. The function was originally used so that photographers could get into shots themselves after depressing the shutter. This remains a popular use but you can also ...

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Focusing modes

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Anonymous, 18 October 2007 15:56

Most autofocus cameras offer two main autofocus modes, single shot and servo (or continuous) focusing for shooting in different situations and subjects. SINGLE SHOTIn this mode the camera focuses when the shutter release is pressed halfway down, and this focus is locked for as long as you hold down the shutter release. This mode is useful for shooting static objects ...

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EXIF info

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Anonymous, 18 October 2007 15:48

If you are thinking of entering your pictures into competitions or in magazines, you will need to know what settings your camera was using when you captured your shot. Once again, digital technology has made things easier for us. EXIFs (Exchangeable Information Files) are attached to each image shot with a digital camera and contain all the shooting information for ...

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Dynamic range - Exposure Latitude Control

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Anonymous, 18 October 2007 15:40

Dynamic range is a term used in a variety of fields to describe the ratio between the smallest and largest possible values of a changeable quantity. In the context of photography this is typically the range of light intensities a medium can capture. Put simply, the difference between the lightest and darkest parts of the image. Thus, a recording medium, such as ...

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