Terms from the Digital Camera world explained
ADC - Analogue to Digital Converter, this takes the analogue output and is able to turn it into digital format so that it can be manipulated and altered by the DSP.
Aperture - On a film camera this is an adjustable control which can alter the passage of light into the camera, often used with shutter speed to determine depth field.
Artifacts - Distortions of the image often caused by noises or heavy handed use.
CCD - Charged Couple Device, this can play part of the film in registering the image seen through the lens.
CCD Technology - With cameras with this technology it acts like a enhancer it uses the technology to enable images of a higher pixel resolution. Instead of the light-sensitive elements in standard CCD, it uses larger octagonal arranged in a slight honeycomb pattern which provides a highly detailed result.
Compact Flash - This is a removable memory type used to record and store digital images.
Digital Zoom - This can be misleading in fact it doesn't zoom at all it crops the image and displays the center portion of the image.
DSP - Digital Signal Processing (also known as processor), this processes the raw data before it can be stored and viewed on the memory card.
Effective Pixels - This is the number of pixels of the CCD used to make up the final image.
Interpolation - A software program that will add pixels but no more detail to the image.
ISO - Stands for Internation Standards Organisation, this gives details on the light sensitivity and speed of film.
