This is another feature of most DSLR cameras that allows to format new memory cards or those that have been erased. Read your camera's manual because formatting a memory card is more absolute, as that function will erase everything, even your protected pictures. Formatting also reconstructs the...

This is a feature of most DSLR cameras that allows you to erase pictures and other files from your memory cards, so you can use them again. Read your camera's manual because the deletion process is different for many cameras. Typically, you perform this task in the main menu and have access to the...

This is a small, flat electronic piece that is typically the size of a coin or stick of gum. It is inserted into your camera and your photos are stored on the card, digitally.

One megapixel is equal to one million pixels. Your digital camera's image sensor captures each picture you take as a series of extremely tiny points, or pixels. The resolution of each picture is measured in megapixels. It's also how cameras are rated, so look at their resolution specifications...

One megabyte equals approximately one million bytes of stored data (photos, video, words, art, etc.). 'Mega' comes from the Greek word, megas, meaning large.

Digital cameras with this feature or mode provide you with total control of the focus. This is particularly useful when shooting macro photography.

Macro means you can be close enough to your subject to reproduce it life size, or at a 1

A JPEG file format is lossy because some of the image data is deleted, so the image can be compressed.