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Inside DSLR

Lenses and Optics

Digital data

Exposition

Autofocus

White Balance

 

 

          photo glossary

To take nice pictures it needs some basic knowledge of how parts of DSLR work. Therefore here is this photo glossary, particularly if you are looking for something, you are purchasing something or simply you want to know and understand something. It is not complete yet, it will still grow. Now the sections Inside DSLR, Lenses and Optics, Digital data, Exposition and Autofocus are ready. Enjoy!

          A - Z

Inside DSLR
  • A/D converter
  • Automatic image rotating

  • Batteries
  • Bayer color filter array (CFA)
  • Bayer mask
  • Buffer
  • Burst, Continuous shooting
  • CCD
  • CMOS
  • Crop factor

  • Sensor cleaning
  • Viewfinder dioptric correction
  • DirectPrint
  • Flash range, coverage
  • DPOF
  • Effective resolution
  • EXIF
  • Filters in front of sensor
  • FireWire (IEEE 1394)
  • Firmware, firmware upgrade
  • Fps
  • HDMI
  • Viewfinder
  • Pentaprism
  • Connections and terminals
  • Viefinder eyepiece cover
  • LCD displays
  • Internal flash
  • ISO noice
  • Guide number
  • Focusing screen
  • Mikroprism
  • Moiré
  • NTSC
  • Image processor
  •  Eyepiece, Eyecup
  • PAL
  • Memory card
  • PC SYNC connection
  • PictBridge
  • Viewfinder coverage
  • Mirror lock-up
  • Resolution
  • Speed of continuous/burst shooting
  • SDHC
  • Sensor
  • Continuous shooting, Burst
  • Orientation sensor
  • Flash guide number
  • Inage stabilizer
  • Status display
  • Sync speed
  • Flash sync speed
  • Long exposure noise
  • TTL
  • UDMA
  • USB
  • Sensor size
  • Video
  • Movie
  • X-sync
  • Shutter
  • Mirror
  • Viewfinder magnification
  • Live view

 

Exposition

  • Grey card

  • A, Av - Aperture priority

  • A-DEP - Automatic Depth of Field

  • AE lock (Auto Exposition Lock)

  • Spot exposure metering

  • Bracketing

  • Aperture
  • f number
  • Partial exposure metering

  • EV
  • Exposure
  • Shutter speed
  • Exposure time
  • Exposure compensation
  • Exposure sensor
  • ISO

  • Creative modes

  • M - manual exposure

  • Matrix exposure metering

  • Exposure metering

  • P - Program exposition

  • S - Shutter priority

  • Tv - Time value/Time priority

 

Lenses and Optics

  • 35 mm EQ

  • Antireflective coating

  • Achromatic lens

  • Apochromatic lens, APO

  • Aspherical lens, ASP

  • Chromatic aberation
  • Bokeh
  • Circular polarizing filter
  • Aperture
  • f number
  • Aperture ring
  • Diffraction
  • Dioptre, diopter
  • Depth of Field (DOF)
  • Hyperfocal distance
  • Linear polarizing filter
  • Macro lens
  • Extension tubes, rings
  • Magnification
  • Minimal focusing distance
  • MTF chart
  • Lens image circle
  • Flares
  • Focal length
  • Parfocal lens
  • Polarization
  • Conversion lens
  • Circle of Confusion (CoC)
  • Fish Eye
  • Spherical aberration
  • Lens hood
  • Světelnost
  • Teleconvertor
  • Vineting
  • Focusing distance
  • Inverse-square law
  • Angle of view

 

Digital data

  • Adobe RGB

  • Aliasing

  • Artefacts of the image

  • Color depth

  • Blooming

  • CMYK

  • Sharpening

  • DPI

  • Dynamic range

  • Gamma

  • Gamut

  • Histogram

  • HSB (HSV)

  • Interpolation

  • JPEG

  • Compression

  • L*a*b

  • Moiré

  • Unsharp mask

  • Sharpness

  • Pixel

  • Aspect Ratio

  • Posterizacion

  • Highlights

  • Resampling

  • PPI

  • RAW

  • Noise Reduction, NR

  • RGB

  • Dithering

  • sRAW

  • sRGB

  • Noise

  • TIFF

  • Tonal range

 

Autofocus and White balance

  • A-DEP - Automatic Depth of Field
  • AF, Autofocus
  • AF Assist Lamp
  • AF points
  • AF Lock, AF-L
  • AF Servo, AF-C
  • Continuous focus
  • AF Single, AF-S, ONE SHOT
  • Contrast detection
  • Manual focusing
  • DOF preview
  • Low light focusing
  • Phase detection
  • Point-recompose-shoot
  • Focusing modes
  • Manual fine focusing
  • Ultrasonic motor
  • White balance

 

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Last update 9.8.2011