A few facts about DSLR's in general.

This is a DSLR camera, the basic parts of it that make the mechanical eye work. Basically, the light passes through the lens, the rotating mirror reflects it through the the pentaprism making you able to see the image through the viewfinder. There are more parts to the camera that obviously does more to get the best quality image you're looking for, so this is what this module is all about, getting the best out of the camera and exploring it.

(Top to Bottom) Live View: instead of putting the viewfinder to your eye, you can press this button to that you can see it live on the screen, perfect for when you're stuck in crowds and want to take a photo of someone in stage when you can't even see them properly at eye level. : Automatic Exposure Lock, simple. AF Selection Point: This selects where your focus point is. Exposure Compenstation: Changes the aperture number when held with the scroll moving. Quick Control: Selects any controls on the control screen, it highlights each so you can press select to then adjust, the easiest but perhaps long way round of changing things. White Balance and rest are pretty self explanitory, but Drive mode: This changes the type of exposure you want like self timer, continuous exposure (for sports?) etc.

 Shutter button: Takes the picture, Main Dial: changes the shutter speed or with the aperture button held down it changes the aperture. ISO button: changes the ISO number and Mode Dial: this takes you from Manual to macro to video mode etc. Where the line to point to Mode dial separates the freedom, the green (Auto) onwards anti clockwise are preset settings, whereas the ones clockwise from Auto are the manually handled settings with presets that you can change yourself if you know what to change!

The focus modes button: allows us to either let the camera focus itself or we focus it ourself, Image Stabilizer button: Reduces camera shake. Flash Button: pops up the flash on top of the camera, Depth-of-field Preview button: is self explanitory and so is the lens-release button!