battery status icon | An icon that appears in the status LCD that indicates the amount of power left in the batteries. |
camera mode dial | The dial on the top of the camera that allows you to choose one of four operational modes (Capture, |
| Review, Playback, or PC Connect mode) for the camera. |
Capture mode | An operational mode you use to take pictures (or “capture images”) with the camera. See also “camera |
| mode dial” on page 116. |
CCD | Charge Coupled Device. An integrated |
| The CCD image sensor is a silicon chip containing |
| cells that convert light to electricity. A CCD sensor, combined with the digital image processing capability, |
| is the functional equivalent of film in a digital camera. |
CCD element | A single photosensitive area within a CCD array that is able to record a unique image detail. Also known |
| as a photosite. See also “CCD” on page 116. |
| Continuous image type | The image type setting on the camera that captures a series of images in rapid succession. This image type |
| is recommended for capturing action shots. See also “image type” on page 118. |
default | A setting that the camera automatically uses until you change it. |
Delete | A command associated with a soft key that is used to erase marked images or the current image from the |
| memory card. |
digital zoom | Refers to digital cropping of the image, giving the appearance of greater zoom. After the optical zoom is |
| at its maximum setting, you can digitally zoom in three steps (1.2x, 1.5x, and 2.0x). The image LCD must be |
| on in order for the digital zoom to operate. Note that, in digital zoom mode, enlargement is accomplished |
| without changes in lens configuration. Since the lens is not involved in digital zoom, the changes appear |
| only in the image LCD; they are not evident though the viewfinder. See also “optical zoom” on page 120. |
diopter control | A small dial next to the viewfinder that you can turn to adjust the focus of the picture subject in the view- |
| finder. Note that the diopter control has no effect on the image you capture, however. |
DISPLAY button | A button on the back of the camera that turns the image LCD on and off in Capture mode, and turns the |
| overlay bars on and off in Playback mode. This button is inactive in Review and PC Connect modes. See |
| also “image LCD” on page 118. |
exposure modes | The modes that you can select in the Photo Assist menu to set the camera exposure to properly capture |
| images, including: Auto, Landscape Program, Portrait Program, Action Program, Aperture Priority (Av), |
| and Shutter Priority (Tv). See also “Action Program exposure mode” on page 115, “Aperture Priority (Av) |
| exposure mode” on page 115, “Auto exposure mode” on page 115, “Landscape Program exposure mode” |
| on page 119, “Portrait Program exposure mode” on page 120, and “Shutter Priority (Tv) exposure mode” on |
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file name | A set of letters, numbers, and symbols assigned to a file to distinguish it from other files on the computer |
| or in the camera. |
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