PART II: CAMERA PARTS

APERTURE: an opening, hole, or gap

SHUTTER: a device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera

EXPOSURE: the quantity of light or other radiation reaching a photographic film

DEPTH OF FIELD: the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera

F-STOP: a camera setting corresponding to a particular f-number

FOCAL LENGTH:the distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus


1. Aperture button/ Exposure Compensation Button-  The aperture controls the amount of light you'll let into your photo.

6. Live view shooting-The aperture controls the amount of light you'll let into your photo.

10. Setting Button- set the setting

11.White Balance:It adjusts the image to compensate for the fact the the colour (or colour temperature) of the sun's light changes throughout the day (also artificial lights often have vastly different colour temperatures).

12. Display button- displays camera information

14. Magnify Button- Magnifies/ zooms in on objects

20. Playback Button- Plays back pictures and videos