One kilobyte equals approximately 1,000 bytes of stored data (photos, video, words, art, etc.) 'Kilo' comes from the Greek word, chilioi, meaning one thousand.

This is the opposite of Portrait View. You hold your camera horizontally, so the picture is wider than tall.

The cylinder-shaped part on the front of the camera through which light enters, so you can see the picture you want to take on the viewfinder and which strikes the camera sensor to record the picture digitally.

The protective coverings for the back and front of any lens.

Most kits consist of all or some of the following items

This is another scale on a lens. It consists of a series of lines, one for each of the f-stops of your lens, and two marks of equal distance to the right and left of each f-stop.

This scale can be found on the top of the lens (looking from behind your camera). It is calibrated in feet and meters.

This is an unwanted reflection of light that you may see in the viewfinder or not until you view your picture. A lens hood will help you reduce or eliminate lens flare.