Modern cameras can be covered in buttons and dials, which can be daunting to new photographers. But understanding what these controls are, and what they do, is important if you want to up your photographic game. Here we look at what's what on your new camera, from the shutter-release button to the tripod socket.

While this is not intended to be a conclusive guide to your specific camera (the often overlooked user manual is still better for that), we hope this guide will help you identify some of the parts of you cameras you'll need to be familiar with to improve your photography.

All cameras are different and can have various combinations of controls and layouts, so there's a very good chance your camera won't look exactly like the Nikon D800 and the Canon EOS M3 cameras here. While these cameras may have a certain button on the back, yours may feature it on the top, on the front, or not at all.

While in our examples the DSLR has more physical controls than the mirrorless camera, this is not always the case. For example a mirrorless camera like the Olympus OM-D E-M1 has more controls than the Canon EOS 1300D DSLR. It's more often about the level of camera, whether it's aimed at beginners or enthusiasts, rather than camera type.

@ Front


1. Shutter-release button - This is the button you hit when you want to take a photo. Pressing it halfway will generally activate autofocus first.


-ប៊ូតុង​ ​Shutter-release: សម្រាប់​ចុច​ថតរូប​ ​ហើយ​ប្រសិនបើ​អ្នក​ចុច​បាន​ពាក់​កណ្ដាល​វា​នឹង​ធ្វើការ​ ​Autofocus​ ​មុន​ថត។

2. Front dial - A front-facing dial is predominantly used for changing aperture or shutter speed, though it can also be used to make all sorts of other adjustments.

-Dial​ ​ខាងមុខ: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​ ​Aperture ឬ​ ​Shutter speed​ ​ព្រមទាំង​បង្កើត​នូវ​ ​Adjustments​ ​ផ្សេង​ទៀត​ផង​ដែរ។

3. Custom / Function button - While these buttons normally come assigned to a specific camera setting, they can be adjusted depending on what setting you use most.

-ប៊ូតុង​ ​Custom / Function: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​កំណត់​ ​Setting​ ​ដែល​អ្នក​និយម​ប្រើ​បំផុត​ ​(កំណត់​ដោយ​ខ្លួនឯង)។

4. Power switch - Used (unsurprisingly) to turn your camera on or off.

-Power switch: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​បិទ​ ​ឬ​បើក​កាមេរ៉ា។

5. Lens mount - This metal ring is where the lens (assuming you are using an interchangeable lens camera) attaches to the camera body. After lining up the dots you twist a lens to mount it.

-Lens mount: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ភ្ជាប់​ ​Lens​ ​នឹង​កាមេរ៉ា។



6. Lens release button - When you want to change lenses you need to press this lens release button and then twist the lens to opposite way (to when you mounted it) to remove it.

-ប៊ូតុង​ ​Lens release: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ដោះ​ ​Lens​ ​ចេញ​ពី​តួ​កាមេរ៉ា។ អ្នក​ត្រូវ​ចុច​ប៊ូតុង​នេះ​មុន​ពេល​មួល​ដោះ​ ​Lens។

7. Mirror / Sensor - If you're looking at a DSLR without a lens mounted you'll see the mirror which lets you use the viewfinder to see through the lens. Behind this is the image sensor, which you'll see on a mirrorless camera as it lacks the mirror.

Mirror / Sensor: ប្រសិន​បើ​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​លើ​កាមេរ៉ា​ ​DSLR​ ​ដែល​គ្មាន​ភ្ជាប់​ ​Lens​ ​អ្នក​នឹង​ឃើញ​កញ្ចក់​ដែល​ប្រើប្រាស់​ ​Viewfinder​ ​ក្នុង​ការ​មើល​តាម​រយៈ​ ​Lens។ នៅ​ខាងក្រោយ​វា​ជា​ ​Image sensor​ ​ដែល​អ្នក​នឹង​ឃើញ​វា​លើ​កាមេរ៉ា​ ​Mirrorless​ ​ព្រោះ​វា​គ្មាន​កញ្ចក់​នោះ​ទេ។

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1. Additional dials - While most interchangeable lens cameras feature a mode dial (see 6) many have additional dials which can control things like shutter speed, ISO, or release mode.

Dials បន្ថែម: លើ​កាមេរ៉ា​អាច​ប្ដូរ​ ​Lens​ ​បាន​ ​ដែល​មាន​នូវ​មុខងារ​ ​Mode Dials​ ​ជា​ច្រើន​មាន​ ​Dials​ ​បន្ថែម​សម្រាប់​គ្រប់គ្រង​លើ​ ​Shutter speed, ISO, ឬ​ ​Release mode។

2. ISO - Up there with aperture and shutter speed, ISO is one of the settings you will want to adjust most frequently, so you'll want to know where this is.

ISO: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​កំណត់​ ​ISO។

3. Hot-shoe - Even if your camera has a pop-up or built-in flash, a hot-shoe lets you connect an external flash, or mount other accessories.

-Hot-shoe: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ភ្ជាប់​ ​External flash ឬ​ ​Accessories ផ្សេង​ទៀត។

4. Pop-up flash - Many cameras feature a pop-up flash. While not as versatile or strong as many external ones, it can still be useful in a number of situations.

-Pop-up flash: សម្រាប់​បញ្ចេញ​ ​Flash​ ​ពេល​តម្រូវ​ពន្លឺ​បន្ថែម​ ​ឬ​អាច​កំណត់​បាន។

5. Sensor marker - This little icon shows the focal plane marker of the image sensor.

Sensor marker: សម្រាប់​បង្ហាញ​នូវ​ ​Focal plane marker នៃ​ ​Image sensor។

6. Mode button / dial - Depending on your camera, this is used to switch your camera into modes such as Auto, Program, Shutter priority, Aperture priority and Manual. Some cameras also include scene modes and video recording on the mode dial.

-ប៊ូតុង​ ​Mode/ Dial: វា​អាស្រ័យ​លើ​កាមេរ៉ា​ដែល​ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​កាមេរ៉ា​ ​Mode ដូចជា Auto, Program, Shutter priority, Aperture priority និង Manual។ កាមេរ៉ា​មួយ​ចំនួន​ក៏​មាន​ ​scene mode និង​មុខងារ​ថត​វីដេអូ​លើ​ ​Mode dial​ ​ផង​ដែរ។




7.Shutter button - This is the button you hit when you want to take a photo. Pressing it halfway will generally activate autofocus first.

-ប៊ូតុង​ ​Shutter: សម្រាប់​ចុច​ថតរូប​ ​ហើយ​ប្រសិនបើ​អ្នក​ចុច​បាន​ពាក់​កណ្ដាល​វា​នឹង​ធ្វើការ​ ​Autofocus មុន​ថត។

8. Power switch - Used (unsurprisingly) to turn your camera on or off.

-Power switch: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​បិទ​ ​ឬ​បើក​កាមេរ៉ា។

9. Exposure compensation - This can be a dedicated dial, or a button which is used with a separate dial, and is used to set different exposure values to those selected by the camera.

-Exposure compensation: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​កំណត់​តម្លៃ Exposures ផ្សេង​គ្នា​ទៅ​នឹង​មុខងារ​ដែល​បាន​ជ្រើសរើស​លើ​កាមេរ៉ា​។

10. Video record button - Many cameras feature a dedicated button to start and stop video recording, though some use the shutter button when the device is set to video.

-ប៊ូតុង​ថត​វីដេអូ​: កាមេរ៉ា​ជាច្រើន​ប្រើ​ប៊ូតុង​ពីរ​សម្រាប់​ ​Start​ ​និង​ ​Stop​ ​ថត​វីដេអូ​ ​ហើយ​ខ្លះ​ទៀត​ប្រើ​ប៊ូតុង​ ​Shutter​ ​តែ​ម្ដង​នៅ​ពេល​ ​Device​ ​កំណត់​ការ​ថត​ជា​វីដេអូ។

11. Top LCD display - An LCD screen on the top of the camera can let you quickly check on cameras settings without having to use the rear screen.

-អេក្រង់ LCD ខាងលើ: អ្នក​អាច​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ​នូវ​កាមេរ៉ា settings លើ​អេក្រង់​បាន​។

12. Control dial - This dial is predominantly used for changing aperture or shutter speed, though it can be used to make other adjustments.

-Control dial: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​ ​Aperture ឬ Shutter speed ព្រម​ទាំង​បង្កើត​នូវ Adjustments ផ្សេង​ទៀត​ផង​ដែរ។

13. Custom / Function button - While custom or function buttons normally come assigned to a specific camera setting, they can be adjusted depending on what setting you use most.

-ប៊ូតុង​ ​Custom / Function: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​កំណត់​នូវ​ ​Setting​ ​ដែល​អ្នក​និយម​ប្រើ​បំផុត (កំណត់​ដោយ​ខ្លួនឯង​)។

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1. Play (and delete) buttons - For reviewing and deleting images or videos you've shot.

-​ប៊ូតុង​ ​Play និង Delete: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​រូបភាព និង​លុប​រូបភាព ឬ​វីដេអូ ដែល​អ្នក​បាន​ថត​រួច។

2. Menu button - Most digital cameras have a vast array of settings which you will access using the menu button.

- ប៊ូតុង​ ​Menu: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​មើល​ ​Settings​ ​នានា​លើ​កាមេរ៉ា​។

3. Playback controls - When reviewing images you've shot, you can zoom in to check detail, or view as a grid. Some cameras let you do this using a touchscreen with gestures we've all become familiar with on smartphones.

- Playback controls: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​ភាព​លំអិត​នៃ​រូបភាព​ដែល​បាន​ថត​រួច ដែល​អ្នក​អាច​ ​Zoom​ ​ឬ​បង្ហាញ​ជា​ ​Grid​ ​បាន។

4. Monitor / Touchscreen - The rear monitor can be used for composing shots, reviewing images and navigating menus. More and more cameras are beginning to feature touchscreens.

- Monitor / Touchscreen: Rear monitor​ ​ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​រៀបចំ​ការ​ថត​ ​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​រូបភាព​ ​និង​រំកិល​ ​Menus។ កាមេរ៉ា​ជាច្រើន​បាន​ប្រើប្រាស់​ ​Touchscreen​ ​ដែល​កាន់​តែ​ងាយស្រួល​ក្នុង​ការ​គ្រប់គ្រង។

5. Viewfinder / EVF - DSLRs feature traditional optical viewfinders, while mirrorless and compact cameras can feature electronic viewfinders which let you see the impact of changing settings as you shoot. Some cameras don't have a viewfinder at all.

- Viewfinder / EVF: កាមេរ៉ា​ ​DSLRs​ ​មាន​មុខងារ traditional optical viewfinders ខណៈ​កាមេរ៉ា​ ​Mirrorless​ ​និង​ ​Compact​ ​មាន​មុខងារ​ ​Electronic viewfinders​ ​ដែល​អ្នក​អាច​ឃើញ​ពី​លក្ខណៈ​រូបភាព​ពេល​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​ ​Settings​ ​សម្រាប់​ថត។ កាមេរ៉ា​មួយ​ចំនួន​មិន​មាន​ ​Viewfinder នោះ​ទេ។

6. Lock buttons - These buttons are used to lock settings such as exposure, aperture, shutter speed and focus when held down.

-ប៊ូតុង​ ​Lock: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ ​Lock settings​ ​ដូចជា​ ​Exposure, Aperture, Shutter speed និង Focus។

7. Control dials - These dials are used for altering key camera settings and can take the form of horizontal wheels, vertical rotating discs or rocker buttons.


-Control Dials: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​ ​key settings​ ​លើ​កាមេរ៉ា​ដោយ​មួល​រំកិល​វា។

8. Menu controls - Used for navigating menus. These buttons can also have additional functions when used while not in a menu.

-Menu controls: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​រំកិល​ ​Menus។

9. Live View / Video - Many DSLRs have a button to activate Live View and select video recording. Mirrorless cameras are more likely to just have a video record button.





-Live View / Video: កាមេរ៉ា​ ​DSLRs​ ​ជា​ច្រើន​មាន​ប៊ូតុង​ដើម្បី​ ​Live View​ ​និង​ជ្រើសរើស​ថត​វីដេអូ​ ​ប៉ុន្តែ​កាមេរ៉ា​ ​Mirrorless​ ​មាន​តែ​ប៊ូតុង​ថត​វីដេអូ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​។

10. Info - This button can be used to display camera settings on the rear monitor, or access additional information, and on some cameras guide modes.

-Info: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​បង្ហាញ​នូវ​ព័ត៌មាន​បន្ថែម និង​ការ​ណែនាំ​ផ្សេង​អំពី​ ​Modes។

@Left Side


1. Pop-up flash release - Pressing this button will force the flash to pop-up.

-Pop-up Flash release: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​បញ្ចេញ​ ​Flash។

2. Auto focus controls - Some cameras feature dedicated buttons which can be used to cycle through autofocus modes and settings.


- Auto focus controls: កាមេរ៉ា​មួយ​ចំនួន​មាន​ប៊ូតុង​ ​ដែល​អាច​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​ ​Autofocus modes និង ​ ​Settings។

3. Microphone socket - While your camera has a built-in microphone, you will get better audio quality using an external microphone, if possible.


- Microphone socket: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ភ្ជាប់​ ​External microphone​ ​ដើម្បី​បង្កើន​គុណភាព​សំឡេង​។

4. USB - For connecting the camera to a computer or other devices.

USB: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ភ្ជាប់​កាមេរ៉ា​ទៅ​នឹង​កុំព្យូទ័រ​ ​ឬ​ឧបករណ៍​ផ្សេង​ទៀត។

5. Headphone socket - Listening to audio while recording video will let you manage levels better, if your camera has a headphone socket.

Headphone socket: អ្នក​អាច​ស្ដាប់​សំឡេង​កំឡុង​ពេល​ថត​វីដេអូ​ ​ដែល​អ្នក​អាច​គ្រប់គ្រង​លើ​កម្រិត​វា​បាន​ល្អ។




6. HDMI - The HDMI port lets you playback photos and video straight to a TV, or (depending on the camera) record video to an external device.

​HDMI: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​បង្ហាញ រូបភាព​ ​ឬ​វីដេអូ​លើ​ទូរទស្សន៍​ ​ឬ​ ​External Display តាមរយៈ HDMI port។

@ Right Side


1. Memory card - Your camera will shoot images to one or two memory cards, which could be any number of types (SD, CompactFlash, CFast 2 and XQD being the most common).


- Memory card: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ដាក់​មេម៉ូរីកាត​អាច​បាន​មួយ​ ​ឬ​ពីរ​ដែល​អាច​មាន​ប្រភេទ​ ​SD, CompactFlash, Cfast 2 និង XQD។

2. HDMI - The HDMI port lets you playback photos and video straight to a TV, or (depending on the camera) record video to an external device.

- HDMI: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​បង្ហាញ រូបភាព​ ​ឬ​វីដេអូ​លើ​ទូរទស្សន៍​ ​ឬ​ ​External Display តាមរយៈ​ ​HDMI port។

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1. Battery - Most dedicated cameras have removable batteries, meaning you can swap them over when one runs out.

-Battery: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​ថ្ម។

2. Bottom Terminal - This can come in handy if you want to use your camera with a vertical grip.

​Bottom Terminal: វា​អាច​ងាយស្រួល​ប្រើ ប្រសិនបើ​អ្នក​ចង់​ប្រើ​កាមេរ៉ា​ជាមួយ Vertical grip។

3. Tripod socket - Almost all cameras feature a standard thread, allowing you to use them with any tripod.

- Tripod socket: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ភ្ជាប់​ជើង​ទម្រ​ ​Tripod។

4. Memory card - Your camera will shoot images to one or two memory cards, which could be any number of types (SD, CompactFlash, CFast 2 and XQD being the most common).

Memory card: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ដាក់​មេម៉ូរីកាត​អាច​បាន​មួយ​ ​ឬ​ពីរ​ដែល​អាច​មាន​ប្រភេទ​ ​SD, CompactFlash, Cfast 2 និង XQD។

@Lenses



1. Lens mount and contacts - This is the part of the lens which connects with the camera body. The contact pins are how your camera and lens communicate.

​Lens mount និង​ contacts: ជា​ផ្នែក​របស់​ ​Lens​ ដែល​ភ្ជាប់​នឹង​តួ​កាមេរ៉ា។ Contact pins​ ​ជា​ចំណុច​ដែល​កាមេរ៉ា​អាច​ភ្ជាប់​នឹង​ ​Lens។

2. Lens alignment dot - When you are attaching a lens, you line up the dots on the camera and lens.

Lens alignment dot: ពេល​អ្នក​ភ្ជាប់​ ​Lens​ ​អ្នក​ត្រូវ​ដាក់​ឲ្យ​ចំ​គន្លាក់​របស់​កាមេរ៉ា​ ​និង​ ​Lens។

3. Focal length / focus settings - These markers let you check on focal length and focus distance settings by looking at the lens.

Focal length / focus settings: ប្រើ​សម្រាប់​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​ ​Focal length និង​ចម្ងាយ​ ​Focus settings តាមរយៈ​ ​Lens។

4. Focus ring - While you might use autofocus most of the time, turning the focus ring will let you take control manually. On some cameras you'll need to first turn on manual focus mode.

Focus ring: អ្នក​អាច​មួល​រំកិល​រង្វង់​ ​Focus​ ​លើ​ ​Lens សម្រាប់​កំណត់​ការ​ ​Focus​ ​ដោយ​ខ្លួនឯង​ ​ខណៈ​កាមេរ៉ា​ខ្លះ​អ្នក​ត្រូវ​ប្រើ​ ​Manual focus mode​ ​ជា​មុន​សិន។

5. Filter thread - The front of the lens is where you can attach any filters you might need. These comes in different sizes depending on the lens.

​Filter thread: ខាងមុខ​ ​Lens​ ​អ្នក​អាច​ភ្ជាប់​នឹង​ ​Filters​ ​ដែល​អាស្រ័យ​លើ​ទំហំ​របស់​ ​Lens។

6. Manual / autofocus control - To focus manually, you sometimes have to flick a switch on the lens and on the camera.

Manual / autofocus control: សម្រាប់​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​ការ​ ​Focus​ ​ដោយ​ពេល​ខ្លះ​អ្នក​អាច​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​លើ​ Lens ឬ​លើ​កាមេរ៉ា។

7. Image stabilization - Lenses with optical image stabilization can have a switches to turn it on or off, and even switch between stabilization modes.



​Image stabilization: Lens​ ​ដែល​មាន​ ​OIS​ ​(optical image stabilization)​ ​អាច​ធ្វើការ​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​ដោយ​បិទ ឬ​បើក​បាន​។

8. Lens name and details - This will often tell you everything you need to know about a lens, including its focal length range, aperture, and what other technologies it includes.

ឈ្មោះ​ ​Lens​ ​និង​ព័ត៌មាន​លំអិត​: បង្ហាញ​ពី​អ្វី​ដែល​អ្នក​ត្រូវ​ដឹង​ពី Lens រួមមាន​ ​Focal length range, Aperture, និង​បច្ចេកវិទ្យា​ផ្សេង​ទៀត​ដែល​មាន​។

9. Zoom ring - Turning this ring will change the focal length of zoom lenses, letting you zoom in or out. Obviously prime lenses don't feature a zoom ring.

Zoom ring: មួល​រង្វង់​នេះ​ដើម្បី​ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ​ ​Focal length​ ​នៃ​ ​Zoom Lenses ដែល​អាច​ ​Zoom in ឬ​ ​out​ ​តែ​ចំពោះ​ ​Prime Lenses មិន​មាន​មុខងារ zoom ring៕