Digital Camera Vocabulary and Jargon
Here is a recent article going over all the jargon that newbie digital photographers have to deal with.
Digital zoom: A feature in many digital cameras that enlarges a portion of the image. Often, when using the digital zoom feature, you will sacrifice some image quality.
DPI: A measurement that describes the image resolution in dots per inch. The DPI is what creates the image; the higher the DPI, the higher the resolution and the better the quality of your image.
Megapixel: The standard of measurement that digital cameras use to measure the quality of the images. One megapixel is 1 million pixels. The higher the megapixel, the better the quality. With better quality comes higher prices.
Megabits: This is used to measure the amount of data you can transfer between your digital media and your computer.
Optical zoom: Magnifying an image with an adjustment of the lens on your camera without reducing the quality. Digital zoom does sacrifice quality.
RGB (red, green, blue): The primary colors of light. Digital cameras use these to create the colors in digital images.
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