35mm SLR
SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. A SLR uses a mirror and prism system. That lets the photographer see through the lens and see exactly what will be taken, opposite to viewfinder cameras where the image could be different from what will be captured.
Medium Format
Large Format
This is a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more.
Twin lens reflex
A twin-lens reflex camera is a camera with 2 objective lenses with the same focal length. One of the lenses is the photographic lens or "taking lens" the lens that takes the actual picture and the other is used for the viewfinder system, which is usually viewed from above at waist level.
DSLR
DSLR stands for Digital Single Lens Reflex. A DSLR is a digital camera with the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a digital imaging sensor.
Compact camera
A small, simple 35 mm camera with automatic focusing and exposure.
Compact system camera
Compact system camera is a camera with interchangeable lenses but with no mirror. Some have DSLR sensors, some can have smaller ones, some have electronic viewfinders and others have no viewfinder.
Bridge camera
Bridge cameras slot inbetween digital compacts and DSLR's offering the finer points of both genres.
Polaroid
Polaroid cameras are used widely in lighting devices to reduce glare. It is a camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds.
Camcorder
A camcorder is an electronic device combining a video camera and a video recorder.
Lomo camera
Mobile device
A camera that is part of a mobile devise.
FOCAL LENGTH
Focal length is the distance in millimetres from the imaging surface, film or sensor and the optical centre of the lens when it is focused at infinity.
FOCAL PLANE
A focal-plane shutter is a type of photographic shutter that is positioned in front of the focal plane of the camera.
COMPOSITION
Composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art.
