Glossary
Camera Repairer Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential camera repairer terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key camera repairer vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in camera repairer training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Aperture
- Lens opening.
- Autofocus
- Automatic focusing.
- Back focus
- Focus lands behind.
- Collimator
- Tests lens alignment.
- Dust spot
- Sensor dirt.
- Element
- Single lens glass.
- ESD
- Electrostatic discharge.
- Firmware
- Camera software.
- Flex cable
- Thin ribbon cable.
- Front focus
- Focus lands in front of the subject.
- Image stabilization
- Reduces shake.
- Mount
- Lens connection.
- Sensor
- Captures images.
- Shutter
- Controls exposure time.
- Shutter count
- Number of shots taken.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Camera Repairer practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Camera Repairer training.
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