| full frame vs cropped sensor | I get asked about this in my classes all the time. a full frame sensor is roughly the size as the “old” 35mm frame of film. lenses are made to create a circle of light just large enough to cover t... |
| camera modes | Manual: full manual the user is setting the iso, shutter speed and aperture. shutter priority (tv on a canon or s on a nikon) the user is selecting iso and shutter speed, the camera is then choosi... |
| file format jpg versus raw | Most dslr’s have the ability to shoot both formats. if you choose jpg, the camera will shoot a raw file, process it using the picture style you’ve selected in your menu, save it as a jpg and disca... |
| grip and grin | Often used to describe a quick photoshoot at an event or set up with two people shaking hands. most photographers have had to shoot these during their career. |
| macro lens | One that focuses very close to the subject allowing for 1:1 reproduction size of the object or larger. |
| fast glass | Refers to a lens with a very large maximum aperture such as f1.8 or f1.2. “fast” as in, it allows you to shoot at a fast shutter speed due to the large aperture. |
| spray and pray | Shoot as many images as possible and that hope and pray you got something good. not a philosophy i personally recommend. |
| photog | Short for photographers, something pros often call each other |
| clipped | - Similar to blown out being off the histogram, but it can also apply to shadow or blacks areas of the image.
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| telephoto lens | Simply stated a telephoto lens is one that is longer than a normal lens, eg., 70-300mm. the dictionary says: a lens with a longer focal length than standard, giving a narrow field of view and a ma... teleobjetivo .; длиннофокусный объектив; телеобъектив; |
| chimping | Slang term meaning looking at the back of the camera after every image. spending too much time reviewing images on camera, not enough time shooting. |
| pixel peeper | Someone that spends too much time looking at images at 100% size in photoshop |
| ttl and ettl | Stands for through the lens, refers to the metering system in regards to flash exposure. the flash emits light until it is turned off by the camera sensor. ettl is evaluative through the lens mete... |
| stopping down | The act of closing down the aperture to a smaller opening. ei going from f5.6 to f8. |
| speaking photographer | The basics these are the terms you’ll find in your camera’s manual and in most beginner tutorials on how to use it. hopefully this will help you get a better grasp on them so the manual isn’t quit... |
| camera shake | This is a blurry image which has resulted from an insufficiently fast enough shutter speed, while hand holding the camera. so how slow is too slow? many teachers will say that 1/60th of a second i... |
| edge transfer | Where the light turns into the shadow, the edge transfer is how quickly it goes from dark to light. if using harsh light the edge transfer is very defined and sudden, almost a clear line. when usi... |
| image stabilization (is) | An optical or digital system built in to a lens for removing or reducing camera movement, most effective with telephoto or telephoto zoom lenses. can be found on most of canon’s “l” range of lense... |
| ieee-1394 | Better known as firewire |
| true colour | Colour that has a depth of 24-bits per pixel and a total of 16.7 million colours. |
| colour space | Digital cameras use known colour profiles to generate their images. the most common is srgb or adobe rgb. this along with all of the other camera data is stored in the exif header of the jpeg file... |
| colour depth | Digital images can approximate colour realism but the process is referred to as colour depth, bit depth or pixel depth. most modern computer displays use 24 bit true colour. it displays the same n... |
| x3 image sensor | Foveon’s new image sensor for digital cameras that captures red, green and blue data on every pixel. |
| ieee-1284 | High-speed, bidirectional parallel port specification used on windows pc’s, used mostly for printers. |
| iesp | Olympus’ exposure metering system. |
| compact flash | See cf. this is the most commonly used type of memory. it is small, removable and available in a wide range of sizes up to 12gb. |
| fill in flash | See fill in flash |
| i-ttl | Similar to canon’s “e-ttl”, nikon’s new flash exposure system is used on the new d70 dslr and sb-600 and sb-800 speedlights. |
| centre -weighted | Term used to describe an automatic exposure system that uses just the centre portion of the image to adjust the overall value. so in effect, the exposure will be weighted to what you see towards t... |
| colour balance | The accuracy with which the colours captured in the image, match the original scene. |
| automatic focus | The lens on the camera focuses automatically when the shutter is half pressed. the viewfinder normally has focussing points shown to assist the user in knowing what will be in focus. |
| usb 2.0 | The newest usb standard which is close in throughput speed to firewire, up to 400mb/s. |
| digitisation | The process of converting analogue information into digital for use by a computer. |
| dioptre adjustment | This adjusts the optical viewfinder’s magnification factor to suit the eyesight of the cameras user. there should be a knob or dial near the viewfinders eyepiece, however, not all cameras have thi... |
| ccd (charged coupled device) | This is a light sensitive chip used in your digital camera for image gathering. the ccd pixels gather the colour from the light and pass it to the shift register for storage. ccd’s are analogue se... |
| tran reflective | This is a type of lcd display that uses ambient light as well as a backlight to illuminate the pixels. it can be seen more easily in bright, outdoor conditions. |
| colour cast | This is a very unwanted tint of one colour in an image caused by the wrong amount of cyan, magenta and yellow. it can be corrected using your editing software. |
| grey level | This is the brightness level of a pixel representing it’s lightness from black to white. it is usually defined as a value from 0 to 255, with 0 being black and 255 being white. |
| anti aliasing | This is the process whereby you can reduce the “stepping” effect on your images, by smoothing the edges where individual edges are visible. a great program for correcting this is genuine fractals ... |
| colour correction | To correct or enhance the colours within an image. |
| polarizer. (polarising filter) | A filter for eliminating glare and reflections which attached to the front of your lens (normally just slr’s). just like your polarized sunglasses it will get rid of glare, the polarizer filter do... |
| under exposure | A picture which appears too dark because insufficient light was delivered to the imaging system. opposite of over exposure. |
| grey scale | A term used to describe an image containing shades of grey rather than colour. most commonly referred to as a black and white photograph. |
