An integrated circuit chip that converts an optical image into an electronic signal. In current digital cameras, most are either CCD (charged coupled device) or CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) sensors. CCD…
A hand-held light meter that measures the amount of light falling on a subject.
The ABC of Photography - Hot shoe An accessory shoe with an electrical contact, for mounting and connecting a flashgun. Sources: Pixabay, NASA,Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield Lamar High School
A tool for moving your image around when you’re zoomed in and can’t see all the images at once, by dragging on the image. Press the H key, or hold…
Haloes A term used to describe the glow that’s created around the edges of objects when they’ve been over-sharpened in Photoshop or other similar photo-editing software. They are even more…
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,…