Different Parts of a Digital Camera

Lens

• The lens is where light enters the camera and it handles converging the light rays, and magnifying or directing an image.
  
  

Sensor

• The sensor is the chip inside the camera that collects light particles known as photons and interprets them to make a final image.
  
  

Screen

• The screen is a small LCD monitor on the back of the digital camera that displays camera settings and image previews.
  
  

User Controls

• User controls are the buttons and dials on the camera that a person will interact with to change the settings on a camera.
  
  

Processor

• This part of the camera processes the data from the sensor and renders it as a picture and stores it to the memory card.
  
  

Memory Card

• The memory card is where the images are stored as they are taken.
  
  

Flash

• The flash is a small light that goes off when the picture is taken to add enough light to a scene that may be too dark.