Glossary
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Glossary Items
35mm Film
5 Pin Edit Socket
Active Autofocus
AD (Anomalous Dispersion)
Angle of View
Aperture
Aperture Priority Exposure
APS Advanced Photo System
ASL (Aspherical)
Assemble editing
Audio dubbing
Auto Bracketing
Auto Exposure
Auto Focus
Auto Focus (Camcorders)
Backlight Compensation
Battery charger
Battery discharger
Betamax
Bitmap
Bluetooth Technology
Blur
Bounce Flash
Bracketing
Bulb Setting
Byte
Cable Release
Cassette Adapter
CCD (Digital)
CCD (Video)
Chromogenic film
Circular Polarising Filter
CMOS
Coated Binoculars
Coating
Colour Depth
CompactFlash
CompactFlash II
Compression
Condensation
Control-L (LANC)
DCF (Dach Centre focus)
Dedication
Depth of Field
Depth of Field Preview
Digita
Digital 8
Digital video (Mini DV and DV)
Digital Zoom (Digital Cameras)
Digital Zoom (Video Cameras)
Digitise
Dioptre Adjustment
Disk drive
Download
DPI
DX Coding
Edit controller
Exit Pupil
Exposure Lock
Exposure Meter
Extension Tube
Eye Relief
Eyesight Correction
F-Stop
Fade
Field Of View
Fill in Flash
Film Speed
Filters
Firewire
Fixed Focus Lens
Flash
Flashpix
Focal Length Conversion Factor
Focal Range
Focusing
Fully Multi-coated Binoculars
Grain
Guide Numbers
HDTV Format Prints
High Definition
High-band
Hotshoe
IBM Microdrive
IEEE 1394
IF (Internal Focus)
Image editing software
Image stabilisation
Image Stabiliser Binoculars
Infinity Mode
Infra Red Film
Infra Red Remote Control
Ink jet printer
Interpolation
Interpupillary Distance
IS (Image Stabilisation)
ISO
JLiP
JPEG
LCD Screen
LCD Screen (Video)
LD (Low Dispersion)
Lens converter
Lens Fitting
Lens Hood
Lens Range - Fixed
Li-ion (Lithium-ion)
Long play (LP)
Long Zoom
Low-band
Lux Level
Macro
MagicGate
MagicGate (Sony)
Magnification (Power)
Manual Exposure
Maximum Consecutive Shots
Maximum Image Resolution
MCF (Mini Centre Focus)
Media Card
Medium Zoom
Megapixel Banding
Memory effect
MemoryStick (Sony)
MicroMV
Microphones
Mini SD card
Mini Zoom
Motor Drive
MP3
MPEG
MPEG Movie
Multi-coated Binoculars
MultiMedia
Multiple Exposure
Negative
Neutral Density
Ni-Cad (Nickel Cadmium)
Ni-MH (Nickel Metal Hydride)
Non Linear Editing
NTSC
Objective Lens
Optical Viewfinder
PAL
Panning
Panoramic Print Format
Passive Autofocus
PCMCIA
Phono/RCA Connectors
Photo Mode
Pixel
Pixelation
Plug-ins
Polarising Filter
Porro Prism
Positive Slide or Transparency Film
Post Production
PQI Print Quality Improvement
Prime Lens
Programmed Exposure
Progressive Scan
Pushing & Pulling
R.B.I (Relative Brightness Index)
RAW
Resolution
Roof (Dach) Prism - or DCF (Dach Centre Focus)
Ruby Coated Binoculars
Scanner
Scart
SCSI
SECAM
Secure Digital (SD)
Self Timer
Separate colour ink tanks
Short Zoom
Shutter Priority Exposure
Shutter Speed
Slave Unit
SLR
SmartMedia
Spotmeter
Stopping Down
Super Zoom
Telephoto
Thumbnail
TIFF
Title generator
TWAIN
Twilight Factor
USB
USB 2.0
VCR
VHS
Video light
Video mixer
Vignetting
VRAM
Water Resistance
Wide angle Lens
X Sync
XD-Picture Card
ZCF (Zeiss Design Centre Focus)
Zoom Lens
Zoom Lens (Video)