DSLR Camera Parts

You hold it down halfway to focus, then push all the way to take the picture

• Lens Release Button

• ISO Button

• Shutter Button

Cycles through options for many of the settings you can choose-- (like different shutter speeds when you want to control the shutter speed)

• Mode dial

• Main dial

• Shutter button

Focuses light to form an image

• Lens

• ISO button

• Mode dial

Push button to remove lens from camera body.

• Lens

• Lens release button

• Shutter button

Turns camera on and off

• Power Switch

• Lens Release Button

• ISO Button

Photographer can look through this to compose and check the focus of a picture. Can also use the LCD monitor instead.

• Viewfinder

• Lens

• Main dial

Used to change the camera’s mode of shooting—like manual mode (where all of the settings are set by the photographer) or automatic mode (where the camera sets all of the settings)

• Main dial

• Mode dial

• Power switch

This button and the Main Dial are used to change how sensitive the camera is to light. Lower the ISO number, the less sensitive the camera is to light, while a high ISO number increases the sensitivity.

• ISO button

• Mode dial

• Lens

This is where the camera battery is located.

• Lens

• Battery Compartment

• SD Card

Photographer can look here to compose and check the focus of a picture. Also the camera settings can be displayed here. The Viewfinder Eyepiece can be used instead.

• Viewfinder

• LCD Monitor Display

• Lens