The ABC of Photography – E
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,…
The ABC of Photography – DC
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…
The ABC of Photography – Daguerre, Louis
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…
The ABC of Photography – Darkroom
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,…
The ABC of Photography – DA
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…
The ABC of Photography – Byte
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…
The ABC of Photography – Butterfly lighting
Butterfly lighting A technique for lighting portraits achieved by pointing the flash down towards the front of the face and creating a distinctive butterfly-shaped shadow under the nose. A reflector is used to soften…
The ABC of Photography – Burst rate
Burst rate The continuous shooting speed of a digital camera, which enables a sequence of images to be taken in rapid succession, measured in frames per second (fps). The rate can only be sustained for…
The ABC of Photography – Burn tool
Burn tool A tool that can be used to darken parts of an image selectively during digital image manipulation. The tool gets its name (and its hand-shaped icon) from ‘burning- in’, a…
The ABC of Photography – Buffer
Buffer Temporary memory used by a digital SLR. The size of the buffer in a camera helps dictate the maximum burst rate and the number of shots per burst. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield…
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