The ABC of Photography – G
G G – Minolta; Sony Stands for Gold – a designation found on top-class Sony lenses. It’s also used for current Panasonic Lumix compact system cameras and lenses. Gain…
The ABC of Photography – F
F F-stop The aperture setting on a lens. The number is the focal length of the lens divided by the diameter of the aperture. As a result, larger f-stop…
The ABC of Photography – E
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, Olympus and…
The ABC of Photography – Close-up lens
The ABC of Photography - Close-up lens A filter-like accessory that fits on the front of the camera lens to magnify the image. This low-cost macro accessory can be used on most types of cameras…
The ABC of Photography – Clone Stamp
The ABC of Photography - Clone Stamp An image-editing tool that enables you to replace an area of the image with pixels taken from elsewhere in the image (or even another image). It’s commonly…
The ABC of Photography – Clipping
The ABC of Photography – Clipping Clipping occurs when the dark parts of an image become pure black or the light parts become pure white, so that image detail is lost in these areas.…
The ABC of Photography – Circular polarizer
The ABC of Photography - Circular polarizer A type of polarizing filter. Circular polarizers can be used with modern cameras without interfering with the operation of exposure metering and autofocus systems, unlike older and cheaper linear…
The ABC of Photography – Chromogenic film
Chromogenic film A fine-grain photographic film that produces black-and-white images, but is processed using C41 colour chemistry. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield Lamar High School
The ABC of Photography – Chromatic aberration
Chromatic aberration A lens fault common in telephoto lenses in which different colours of white light are focused at slightly different distances, creating ugly coloured haloes around the edges of a photographic subject. Software can…
The ABC of Photography – Chimping
Chimping This is a short form of ‘checking image preview’. It refers to the act of looking too frequently at the image on your camera’s LCD screen, rather than concentrating…