A measure of how rapidly image files can be transferred from the camera to the memory card.

A light-tight device that holds a roll of bulk film and allows a desired number of frames of film to be wound into a cassette.

A numeric expression of the number of shades of gray a pixel is capable of displaying.

Internal memory in a camera that functions as a holding tank for image information already processed but not yet transferred to the memory card.

The bottommost layer of film, located on the back side of the base. This layer prevents light rays from being reflected back through the base and emulsion.

File that contains the basic image information captured by the camera’s sensor and is saved with minimal processing.

A very thin coating of pure gelatin that helps bond the emulsion to the base in black-and-white film.

Impurities believed to play the important role of focal points or sites for the formation of the silver clumps making up the latent (undeveloped) photographic image.

Many advanced compact and prosumer SLR cameras use a(n) _____ sensor.

A color image is made up of _____ channels.

The built-in program found in a digital camera or similar device.

The distinct steps between pure white and pure black.

Digital camera image sensors contain millions of _____.

Term describing a device, such as a memory card, that has no moving parts.