| A/B
Editing |
Video
editing method that is able to control more than one playback
machine. |
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| Adapter |
Holds
your small picture storage device, so that you can insert it
into a larger area on your computer and view the pictures from
it. |
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| Adjustable
Camera |
A
camera in which the user is able to manually adjust settings
for lense openings, distance, and shutter speed. |
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| Albada
Viewfinder |
A
viewfinder with a negative objective lens and a positive eyepiece. |
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| Angle
of View |
The
area of a scene that is included by a lense. |
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| Aperture,
maximum |
The
biggest of the holes in which light enters into the digital
camera. |
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| Aperture |
Size
of the hole that lets the light through the lens and in to the
camera.. |
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| Aspect
Ratio |
The
ratio of width to height of a picture. |
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| ATA |
A
guide for storage devices that makes them usuable as if they
were hard drive on the system. |
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| Attachment |
Any
file such as a picture that is sent with an email and can viewed
or saved on the receivers computer. |
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| Automatic
Exposure |
An
operation in which a camera automatically adjusts it's shutter
speed, and aperture to provide for proper exposure. |
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| Automatic
Flash |
A
flash that is light sensitive and dertermines itself when a
flash is needed for a picture. |
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| Bit-mapped |
Images
that are formed from pixels and each pixel being a shade of
gray or another color. |
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| Burst
Mode |
Capability
of a camera to shoot pictures one after the other as long as
the shutter release button is held down. |
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| Card |
Pictures
are stored on these, and then uploaded from this to your computer. |
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| CCD |
A
sensor that reads the charges that are built up on a sensor's
photosites, one row at a time. |
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| Chromatic
Aberration |
The
inability to bring light of all colors to the same plane of
focus. |
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| Color
Balance |
The
accuracy in which colors in the photo are able to match those
of the orignal scene. |
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| Color
Depth |
The
amount of bits that are assigned to each pixel in an image and
also the amount of colors that are capable of being created
from those bits. |
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| CompactFlash |
Flash
storage for digital cameras. |
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| Compression,
lossless |
File
compression method that is capable of making a file smaller
without losing quality of the image. |
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| Compression,
lossy |
Method
of file compression that causes an image to lose it's quality,
and is not capable of returning it back to it's original
quality. |
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| Compression |
Cutting
down on the size of a file. |
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| Depth
of Field |
This
is the distance between the closest and farthest points that
appear to be in good focus in a picture. |
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| Exposure |
The
maneuver of permitting light to hit a light sensitive section. |
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| Flash
Card Reader |
An
accessory that is attached to your computer system . You insert
a memory card into this and it transfers the information from
the card to your computer. |
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| Flash
Memory |
Card
that is capable of storing images. |
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| Focal
Length |
The
distance from the surface of a lens or mirror to it's focal
point. |
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| Focus |
The
method of bringing the image into clear view on the image sensor. |
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| Frame
Rate |
Number
of pictures that it is capable of taking in a certain amount
of time. |
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| Gif |
Image
file that was designed to display line art. |
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| Gray
Scale |
a
Series of tones ranging from white to black. |
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| Interpolation |
This
is done with some zoom lenses. It adds extra pixels to an image.
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| JPEG
(JPG) |
Image
format that uses lossy compression to reduce the file size. |
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| Landscape
Mode |
Taking
a horizontal picture by holding the camera in it's normal
position. |
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| Macro
Mode |
Allows
you the capability of getting very close to an item and making
it look much enlarged. |
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| Megapixel |
An
image that has over one million pixels. |
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| MPEG |
Digital
video format. |
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| Multi-megapixel |
An
image with over two million pixels. |
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| Multiple
Exposure Mode |
Let's
you lay one image over the other. |
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| NiCad |
Nickel
cadmium battery. |
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| Noise |
Pixels
that misread the light. |
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| Term |
Definition |
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| Operating
System |
This
is the program that controls the camera's hardware. |
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| Overexposure |
Allowing
the image sensor more light then it needs, causing the pictures
to be too light. |
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| Panoramic
Mode |
Used
to catch an image that is much wider then it is tall. |
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| PC
Card |
A
storage device that plugs in to a hand held computer or notebook. |
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| Pixelization |
Caused
by enlarging an image too much. Makes the pixels large and very
obvious. |
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| Pixels |
The
elements that make up a digital image. |
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| Port |
Area
on the computer where a cable can be plugged in to hook the
camera to the computer in order to upload your pictures. |
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| Portrait
Mode |
Vertical
Photo. |
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| Preview
Screen |
A
small screen on the back of the camera used to display pictures. |
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| Recycle
Time |
The
amount of time it takes to process and then store and image. |
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| Resolution |
The
fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image. |
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| RGB |
Color
system used in digital cameras. |
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| Shutter
Speed |
The
amount of time that it takes for a shutter to open and light
to strike on it's image sensor. |
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| Shutter |
The
part of the camera that opens and closes in order to let light
from the scene strike the image sensor and expose the image. |
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| Upload |
Sending
the images from your camera storage device to your computer. |
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| VGA |
640
x 480 resolution. |
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| Zoom
Lenses |
Capable
of making the scene look closer on the picture than it actually
was. |