| The simplified version of how the camera works is | | | | why sometimes you will get fuzzy picture with digital |
| that it uses lens to focus light on photosensor. Most | | | | zoom. |
| compact digital camera use charge-coupled device | | | | Cameras today also come with LCD screen for you |
| (CCD) as photosensor. When light strikes the sensor, it | | | | to preview the picture you took. Don't misunderstand |
| will record the image electronically and transfer it for | | | | that the digital camera is compact and the LCD screen |
| organization. After that, it will convert the image into | | | | will be small. It depends on how the manufacturer fir |
| binary digital data and stored in memory. | | | | the screen to the camera. |
| In order to get an ideal photograph, the amount of light | | | | If you have a digital camera back in the early days, |
| reaching the photosensor must be controlled carefully. | | | | you should remember that the storage device was |
| To achieve that, you need to control the shutter speed | | | | built into the camera. That gave some frustration to |
| and the aperture size. And to make things easier for | | | | some photographer because you need to clear the |
| you, the compact digital camera manufacturers have | | | | pictures when the memory is full. Luckily, as the |
| set the shutter speed electronically and set the | | | | technology evolves, you can now enjoy portable |
| aperture size on automation. | | | | memory storage. |
| Megapixel plays an important role on the quality of | | | | You can now store your pictures into memory devices |
| your picture. It is related to the amount of details in | | | | like SD cards or smart media cards. When the |
| your picture. So, the more megapixels you have the | | | | memory is full, you can just label the memory device |
| more detail you will have on your image. | | | | and keep it as your album. Furthermore, memory |
| You can see that cameras nowadays come with | | | | device nowadays come in different sizes. The storage |
| optical zoom and digital zoom. Optical zoom is more | | | | amount of the memory device depends on the quality |
| important because it actually zooms into your subject | | | | of your picture and how frequent you take |
| while digital zoom only enlarges your picture. That is | | | | photograph. |