From the very inception the Kodak Idea has been—make photography so simple that anybody can take good pictures.Simpler cameras, simpler processes have followed each other with almost startling rapidity. But…
Red-eye An effect often caused by a camera’s built-in flash. The flashlight reflects from the retina of the subjects’ eyes and gives them a bright red colour. It can be…
Rear-curtain sync Flash features found on some D-SLRs and flashguns that synchronizes the flash output when the second shutter curtain is about to close. Usually, the flash fires at the…
The ABC of Photography – Z ZA Stands for Zeiss Alpha – a range of Sony lenses designed by Carl Zeiss. Zone system The Zone system is a systematic technique…
The ABC of Photography – Y Yellow filter In film photography, yellow filters were often used by black-and-white landscape photographers to darken a blue sky and brighten the landscape.…
The ABC of Photography – X XLD Stands for extra-low dispersion, the glass used in some Tamron lenses to reduce chromatic aberration. XMP Stands for an extensible metadata platform.…
The ABC of Photography – W Watermark An element embedded in a digital image, such as a name or symbol, to show ownership and prevent images being used without…
The ABC of Photography – V Variable contrast A type of photographic printing paper that, in the wet darkroom, allows a range of contrast grades to be produced by…
The ABC of Photography – U UD Stands for ultra-low dispersion, a type of glass used in Canon lenses to reduce chromatic aberration in the image. Umbrella An umbrella…
The ABC of Photography – T T Table-top photography Images of small objects or a miniature scene arranged on a tabletop. Teleconverter A supplementary lens used between a primary…