Your digital photography A-Z
Select a term from the alphabetical list below and start exploring!
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A
- A-mount (Sony)
- AA batteries
- Aberrations
- Accessory shoe
- ACROS (Fujifilm)
- Action cam
- Active D-Lighting
- Adjustment layer
- Adobe Camera Raw
- Adobe ProPhoto RGB
- Adobe RGB
- AE-L/AF-L button
- AF (autofocus) points
- AF-P lenses (Nikon)
- AF-S lenses (Nikon)
- AF Assist
- AF coverage
- AF fine tune
- Alkaline batteries
- Alpha (Sony)
- Aluminium (tripods)
- Analog
- Angle of view
- Anti aliasing filter
- Aperture (lens)
- Aperture blades
- Aperture priority (A) mode
- Apochromatic lens
- APS-C sensor
- APS-H sensor
- Arca Swiss
- Area/auto AF
- Artefacts (digital)
- Aspect ratio
- Aspherical lens
- Astia (Fujifilm)
- Auto exposure
- Autofocus
- Autofocus basics explained
- Autofocus speed
- Auto ISO
- Auto mode
- Auto white balance
- AVCHD
- Average metering
- Axial chromatic aberration
B
- Back button focus
- Back illuminated sensor
- Backlighting
- Backpacks
- Ball head
- Barrel distortion
- Batteries
- Battery charger
- Battery grip
- Battery life
- Battery types and uses
- Bayer sensor
- Bayonet mount
- Billingham
- Bits and bit depth
- Black and white
- Black and white filters
- Bokeh
- Boom
- Bounce flash
- Bracketing
- Bridge camera
- Brightline frames
- Brolly
- Buffer capacity
- Bulb (B) exposure
- Burst mode
C
- Cable release
- Camera bags
- Camera bags and what to look for
- Camera calibration
- Camera Kit
- Camera shake
- Camera shake and how to avoid it
- Camera shooting modes explained
- Camera types
- Camera types and what they do
- Carbon fiber (tripods)
- Card reader
- Cataloguing software
- CCD
- Center-weighted metering
- Center column
- CFA (color filter array)
- CFast
- CFexpress
- Channels
- Chromatic aberration
- Cinema 4K (DCI 4K, C4K)
- CIPA
- Circle of confusion
- Class rating (memory cards)
- Clipping
- Close up
- Cloud storage
- CMOS
- CMYK
- Cold shoe
- Color management
- Color model
- Color noise
- Color space
- Color temperature
- Commander mode (Nikon)
- Compact camera
- Compact Flash
- Compact system camera (CSC)
- Compression
- Continuous autofocus (C-AF)
- Continuous lighting
- Continuous shooting
- Continuous shooting and how it works
- Contrast
- Contrast AF
- Contrast filter
- Control dial
- Converging verticals
- Copyright
- Corner shading
- Creative blur
- Creative Lighting System (Nikon)
- Crop factor
- Crop mode
- Cropping
- Crop sensor
- Custom settings
- Custom white balance
D
- D-Lighting
- Darkroom
- Demosaic
- Depth of field
- Depth of field and bokeh
- Depth of field preview
- Device profile
- Diaphragm
- Diffraction
- DIGIC (Canon)
- Digital stabilization
- Digital zoom
- Diopter adjustment
- Direct vision viewfinder
- Distortion
- Distortion correction
- Drive mode
- Drone
- Dropbox
- DSLR
- Dual image stabilization
- Dual Pixel CMOS AF (Canon)
- Dust Off (Nikon)
- DX format (Nikon)
- Dynamic area AF (Nikon)
- Dynamic range
- Dynamic range expansion
E
- E-mount (Sony)
- ED (extra low dispersion)
- EF-M mount (Canon)
- EF/EF-S mount (Canon)
- Effective focal length
- Effective pixels
- Effects (in camera)
- Electromagnetic diaphragm
- Electronic rangefinder
- Electronic shutter
- Elements
- Elements (lenses)
- ESP metering (Olympus)
- EV (exposure value)
- Evaluative metering (Canon)
- EV compensation
- EVF (electronic viewfinder)
- EXIF data
- EXPEED (Nikon)
- Export (images)
- Exposure
- Exposure and how it works
- Exposure bracketing
- Exposure latitude
- Exposure modes
- Exposure preview
- Exposure steps/increments
- Exposure triangle
- EXR sensor (Fujifilm)
- External flash
- Eye-fi
- Eye AF
- Eyepiece shutter
- Eye sensor
F
- F-Log
- F-stop
- Face detection
- FE mount (Sony)
- Filename/number
- Film
- Film simulation
- Filters
- Filters and when to use them
- Filter systems
- Filter thread/size
- Firmware
- First curtain
- Fisheye lens
- FL (flourite)
- Flange distance
- Flash
- Flash compensation
- Flash duration
- Flash output (manual)
- Flash photography basics
- Flash sync socket
- Flash sync speed
- Flexible Program (Nikon)
- Fluid head
- Fn (function) button
- Focal length
- Focal length vs ‘effective’ focal length
- Focal plane mark
- Focal plane shutter
- Focusing screen
- Focus limiter
- Focus mode
- Focus peaking
- Focus points
- Focus stacking
- Forced flash
- Format (memory card)
- Foveon sensor (Sigma)
- FPS (frames per second)
- Friction control
- Fujifilm
- Full frame sensor
- Full HD (1080p)
- FX format (Nikon)
G
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I
- IBIS
- IF (Internal Focus)
- ILC (interchangeable lens camera)
- Image circle
- Image quality setting
- Image size setting
- Image stabilization and how it works
- Image stabilizer
- Infra red
- In lens (leaf) shutter
- Intelligent Auto (iA) (Panasonic)
- Interlaced video
- Interpolation
- Intervalometer
- Interval timer
- iOS
- iPad
- iPhone
- IS (Image Stabilizer – Canon)
- ISO (sensitivity)
- ISO (sensitivity) and how it works
- ISO expansion
K
L
- L-mount
- Lab mode
- Lateral chromatic aberration
- Lavalier (lav) mic
- LCD backlight
- LCD display
- LCD displays on cameras
- LED lighting
- Leg angles (tripods)
- Leg sections (tripods)
- Lens adaptor
- Lens aperture and how it works
- Lens corrections
- Lens hood
- Lens Modulation Optimizer (LMO)
- Lens mount
- Lens mounts explained
- Lens profiles
- Lens types
- Lens types and what they’re used for
- Light meters
- Lithium ion batteries
- Live view
- LMO (Lens Modulation Optimizer)
- Lomography
- Long exposure
- Low pass filter
- Luminance noise
- Lyre (Rycote)
M
- Macro lens
- Macro mode/button
- Macro photography
- Manual (M) mode
- Manual focus
- Master flash
- Maximum aperture
- Mechanical shutter
- Medium format
- Megapixels (MP)
- Memory card capacity
- Memory cards
- Memory cards and what to look for
- Memory card speed
- Memory Stick/Duo
- Messenger bags
- Metadata
- Metering modes
- Metering patterns and when to use them
- Micro Four Thirds (MFT)
- Microlens (sensor)
- Micro Nikkor
- Microphone
- MicroSD card
- Miniature effect
- Mirrorless camera
- Mirrorless cameras and what makes them different
- Mirror up mode
- Mode dial
- Modelling lamp
- Modifier (lighting)
- Moiré
- Monitor calibration
- Monitor profile
- Monopod
- Monopods
- Mount adaptor
- MP4
- Multi-aspect sensor
- Multi pattern metering
- Multiple exposure
N
P
- PAL
- Pan and tilt head
- Pan axis (tripods)
- Pancake lens
- Panning
- Panorama
- Panoramic head
- Parallax
- Parallax error
- Partial metering (Canon)
- PASM modes
- Payload (tripod)
- PC Nikkor’
- Pentamirror
- Pentaprism
- Pentax K mount
- Perspective control lens
- Perspective correction
- Perspective distortion
- PF (Phase Fresnel)
- Phase detection AF
- Phase One
- Photosite
- Picture Control (Nikon)
- Picture Style
- Pincushion distortion
- Pixel
- Point and shoot cameras
- Polarizing filter
- Pop-up flash
- Portrait lens
- Power bank
- PowerShot (Canon)
- Predictive autofocus
- Presets
- Prime lens
- Printer profile
- Print sizes
- Program AE (P) mode
- Program Shift
- Progressive video
- Prosumer
- Provia (Fujifilm)
R
- Rangefinder camera
- RAW+JPEG
- RAW file
- RAW processing (in-camera)
- Read/write speeds
- Rear curtain flash
- Reciprocity (exposure)
- Rectilinear image
- Recycle time
- Red filter
- Reflector
- Remote release
- Reproduction ratio
- Reset (camera)
- Resolution
- Reversible column
- RF mount (Canon)
- RGB
- Rig (video)
- Roller bags
- Rolling shutter
- Rule of Thirds
- Run and gun (video)
S
- S-AF (single-shot AF)
- Safe shutter speed
- Saturation
- Scene modes
- SD/SDHC/SDXC card
- Second curtain
- Selfie
- Selfie screen
- Selfie stick
- Self timer
- Sensor basics
- Sensor basics
- Sensor cleaning
- Sensor dust
- Sensor size
- Sensor size and why it matters
- Sensor spots and what to do about them
- Sensor swabs
- Servo AF
- Sessions (Capture One)
- Shadow recovery
- Shadows
- Shallow depth of field
- Sharpening
- Shooting modes
- Shotgun mic
- Shoulder bag
- Shutter
- Shutter priority (S) mode
- Shutters: what they do and how they work
- Shutter speed
- Sidecar files
- Signal to noise ratio
- Silent shooting
- Single point AF
- Sling bag
- Slow flash or slow sync
- Slow motion
- SLT (single lens translucent) camera
- Smartphone
- Smoothing
- Snapshot (editing)
- Softbox
- Soft focus
- Sony
- Speedlight/Speedlite
- Spikes (tripods)
- Spot metering
- Spot removal
- sRGB
- Standard HD (720p)
- Standard lens
- Status display
- Stepping motor
- STM (Canon)
- Stop (exposure)
- Strobe (flash)
- Structure
- Subject tracking AF
- Super-telephoto
- Super-wideangle lens
- Super macro mode
- Sync terminal or socket
T
- Table top tripod
- Teleconverter
- Telephoto
- Tethered shooting
- Three way head
- TIFF format
- Tilting screen
- Tilt shift lens/effect
- Time (T) exposure
- Time and date setting
- Timelapse
- Tint (white balance)
- Touch AF
- Touchscreen
- Touch Shutter
- Tough camera
- Toy camera effect
- Transform
- Travel camera
- Travel tripod
- Tripod head
- Tripod heads and the different types
- Tripods and supports
- Tripods and their features
- TTL (through the lens)
- TTL flash
- Tungsten lighting
U
V
- V30/V60/V90
- Vari-angle screen
- Variant (Capture One)
- Velvia (Fujifilm)
- Vibrance
- Video basics
- Video basics: resolution and frame rate
- Video head
- Video light
- Video resolution
- Video tripod
- Viewfinder blackout
- Viewfinder grid
- Viewfinders
- Viewfinders on cameras and the different types
- Vignetting
- Virtual copy (Lightroom)
- Virtual horizon
- Volume deformation or anamorphosis
- VR (Vibration Reduction – Nikon)