Digital cameras produce pictures by "capturing" or recording the characteristics of the light from a scene or subject in taking photographs, the moment the camera's (1) release button is pressed, the camera shutter opens, and the (2) light and redirect them to a single point, creating a sharp image. takes all the incoming How is the information recorded? In analog cameres, the shape of the objects and details like how much light is coming off of them is captured in a (3) while in a digital camera light passing through the camera lens is directed through the lens (4) and the open shutter to the camera's image sensor The amount of light that reaches the (5) determined by size of the camera lens aperture opening that has been set 15 Each sensor is divided into millions of red, green and blue (6) (ie megapixels) When light hits the pixel, the sensor converts it into (7) and a computer built inside of the camera reads just how much energy is being produced Since each pixel has a color value, the camera's computer is able to estimate the colors in the scene by looking at what other nearby pixels registered Putting the information from all the pixels together, the computer is able to approximate the (8) and colors in the scene. These characteristics of light that are recorded by the image sensor are saved to the camera's (9) The captured image can then be viewed through the camera's (10) ​