Exposure meter:

A light-meter that recommends the aperture and shutter speed for a given lighting condition. An exposure meter can be built into the camera or can be an external hand-held variety. To use any light meter, you first need to set the ISO sensitivity.

Short form of Electronic View Finder

One of the in-built exposure meter that divides the frame into various segments and based on thousands of pre-set exposures built into the camera’s memory, selects a suitable exposure depending on the lighting conditions and the set ISO sensitivity. Also known as Segmented/ Matrix meter

A measure of how many frames a camera can fire in one second

Image degrading, unwanted reflection of light within the lens

Denotes a camera/imaging sensor that is the same size as a 35mm film (24 x 36mm)

Describes the location of the film/imaging sensor within the camera

EVF:

Evaluative meter:

Frame rate:

Flare:

Full-frame:

Focal plane:

Focal plane shutter:

A type of shutter used in SLRs/D-SLRs. This shutter is placed in front of the film/sensor.

In a simple convex lens (a magnifying glass for example) and with light coming from infinity – the

Focal length: