A short list of the most common terms used in digital photography:
6 MP camera: A camera capable of shooting an image measuring six million pixels in size.
Aperture: The opening behind the lens that permits light to travel to the camera’s interior where the sensor is located.
JPEG: The term used to describe a type of digital compression used for digital images. This particular compression ratio was fixed by the Joint Photo Experts Group to reduce the picture size. This reduction, however, results in considerable loss of picture quality.
Digital zoom: The process of digitally enlarging a portion of the picture. This function is performed within the electronics of the digital camera without any physical adjustment of the lenses, and results in a loss of picture quality.
Megapixels: A measurement of digital photo quality. A one-megapixel image is made up of one million pixels.
Memory: The electronic storage space built into digital cameras for the purpose of storing pictures.
Optical Zoom: As opposed to digital zoom, this is the process of changing the focal length and magnification of the lens physically, without altering the...