Glossary

In this page you will learn the terminology used in photography. Note that different camera makers will refer their system terms differently. For example, Canon will use evaluative metering to describe the meter that will take reading in different parts of the frame and obtain a proper exposure value based on the camera algorithm. The equivalent for Nikon will be matrix metering. I am not too sure about other camera makers but it is important to check the manual to see what metering does. It should perform similar action but named differently. I will try to shorten each terms as much as possible to make things easier to understand.

Camera Operation Exposure Exposure Compensation Aperture Shutter Speed ISO Auto Bracketing Memory Card Metering Firmware Lag time Auto Exposure (AE) lock Multiexposure Compression EXIF Autofocus (AF) System Autofocus (AF) Assist Beam Autofocus (AF) Servo Histogram White balance Sensor

Len Vignetting Barrel Distortion Pinhole Cushion Chromatic Distortion Depth of Field Focal Length Crop factor Image Stabiliser Type of len filters Flash Guide Number Through-The-Len Red eyes reduction

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