Samsung ST5000 Reviews: Digital Compact Camera

There are 2 main types of camera: The SLR and the Compact.

SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. SLR cameras use a prism to reflect the exact image as seen through the lens and so offers a more accurate viewfinder. SLR cameras have detachable lenses offering greater flexibility if you wish to take a variety of different photographs.

Compact cameras have a built in lens and an ‘above lens’ viewfinder which is less accurate but they are often cheaper, more sleekly designed and easier to carry anywhere with you to capture that moment perfectly without having to fiddle with complex settings or a bag full of lenses.

The amount by which the camera optics (lens) can bring the subject closer.

Not to be confused with optical zoom, digital zoom enlarges a portion of the image thus simulating optical zoom. In doing so, some image quality is lost.

Touchscreen technology allows you to move and click things directly on the screen using your finger or a stylus pen.

This is the type of storage that your digital camera or camcorder uses to save images to.

The main types of card media format:

Compact Flash
Micro SD
MMC (Multi Media Card)
SD Card (Secure Digital)
SDHC (Secure Disk High Capacity)

The weight of the product in grams.

Wifi allows you to connect your device to wireless routers or modems which allows you to connect to broadband internet.

This is the longest exposure your camera will take. The longer you take a photo for, the more light is let in and the more motion is captured.
Long shutter speeds can give fantastic, artistic results.
Try photographing the night sky at 30s or longer to see how the rotation of the Earth causes the stars to curve through the scene.

Bluetooth is a technology for the wireless transfer of data such as contacts, photos and music between mobile phones, computers and a host of other Bluetooth enabled devices. Read more about Bluetooth on Wikipedia