Parts of the DSLR - Top View
Parts of the DSLR Side View
Mastering Shooting Modes
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
The number 1 button is called ______.
What is a Video Start-stop Button?
100
This is number 1 button.
What is the flash button?
In any of the “advanced” exposure modes (P, S, A, or M), this button will trigger the pop-up flash. The “lightning bolt” symbol is universal, so you’ll always be able to find it.
100
Selecting a shooting mode will determine how your camera behaves when you press the _______.
What is the shutter?
100
A way of supporting a camera on a three legged stand.
What is a tripod?
100
The ______protects the inside of a camera while storing a camera body separately from a lens.
What is the body cap?
200
The number 3 button.
What is the shutter release button?
Press this button to take a picture! It’s almost always located in the same position on all interchangeable lens cameras.
200
This is the number 2 button.
What is the function button?
Function buttons are useful because they can be programmed to do whatever you want.
200
Exposure mode in which the photographer selects the aperture setting, and the camera sets a shutter speed based on its meter reading.
What is the aperture priority?
Aperture priority can be thought of as a ‘semi-automatic’ shooting mode. When this is selected, you as the photographer set the aperture and the camera will automatically select the shutter speed.
200
Is a screwed connection which should be located on the bottom of your camera.
What is a tripod socket?
200
The _____ is a bracket on a camera body that provides support and electrical contact for an electronic flash attachment.
What is a hot shoe?
300
This is the number 5 button.
What is the mode dial?
This sets the camera to your desired shooting mode. The standard modes are Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, and Manual.
300
This is the number 4 button?
What is the focus ring?
The smaller of the lens rings, rotating this ring allows you to adjust focus — but only when auto-focus is turned off.
300
Aperture is one of the most important aspects of photography as it directly influences the ___ __ ____– that is, the amount of an image that is in focus.
What is the depth of field?
300
A non-volatile storage device which can store data permanently.
What is a memory card?
300
DSLR has this _____ and _____system which is used to send light to the viewfinder.
What is the mirror and prism?
400
This is the number 6 button.
What is the live view switch?
This locks the mirror in a DSLR, blocking the optical viewfinder and allowing you to preview your image directly on the LCD screen.
400
This is the number 5 button.
What is the lens retract button?
This button must be pressed to initially “zoom” the lens into its operational position, and again to retract it when you’re done shooting.
400
The photographer sets the shutter speed and the camera will take care of the aperture.
What is the shutter priority?
400
An opening in an electronic device such as a camera where you put the Memory Card into the item.
What is a memory card slot?
400
The _____ is the thing inside a digital camera that records the light information.
What is the sensor?
500
This is the number 7 button.
What is the command dial?
This lets you adjust shutter speed and , when the exposure compensation-aperture button is held, aperture.
500
This is the number 7 button.
What is the drive mode button?
This lets you control the camera’s drive mode, allowing you to take a single shot, shoot continuously, or use a countdown timer.
500
You are able to set either the aperture or shutter speed, and the camera will maintain the correct exposure by adjusting the other one accordingly, i.e. as you change the aperture, the shutter speed will automatically change, and vice versa.
What is the program mode?
This gives you additional freedom that using either aperture priority or shutter priority cannot give without switching between shooting modes.
500
A small window that shows the image the camera’s imaging sensor sees.
What is a viewfinder?
500
Aperture is measured by ______, with numbers ranging from around 1.x up to around 32. The smaller the number, the bigger the hole.
What is the F-stop?