Facts about camera flash
Facts about camera flash A flashgun provides a brief burst of light – but the duration can be varied to alter how much flash ‘power’ is added to the scene.…
Facts about camera flash A flashgun provides a brief burst of light – but the duration can be varied to alter how much flash ‘power’ is added to the scene.…
Flash - the most important features every photographer should know! A full-sized flashgun delivers the potential for versatile lighting techniques in wide-ranging conditions. Too many flashguns never see the light of…
The benefits of wireless flashguns For the ultimate in flexibility, it’s great being able to use the flashgun off-camera. Most modern flashguns feature a wireless slave mode, which can be…
Buying a flashgun: - features to look for: Bounce and swivel By bouncing light from the flash off walls or ceilings or reflectors, the effective size of the light source…
The ABC of Photography - E ED A lens featuring Extra-low dispersion glass in one or more of its elements, to help correct chromatic aberration. This abbreviation is used by Nikon, Panasonic,…
DC This features on the range of Sigma lenses that are designed specifically for use with crop-factor SLRs, and which can’t be used with full-frame models. Sources: Pixabay, NASA,Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield Lamar…
Daguerre, Louis Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) was an artist and inventor who devised one of the earliest photographic processes, the daguerreotype, announced in 1839. It was made by coating a silver-plated copper sheet with light-sensitive…
Darkroom A light-tight room for processing and printing Traditional photographs. Negatives are loaded into the processing tank in complete darkness, while a red/orange safelight can be used at the printing stage. Sources: Pixabay, NASA,…
DA Stands for Digital Auto, which features on a range of Pentax lenses that (unlike some earlier ranges) don’t have a manual aperture ring. They have a ‘Quick Shift’ mechanism that enables you…
Byte The standard unit for measuring the memory capacity of digital storage devices. Each byte can have one of 256 different values and is equal to eight bits. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield…