Photography Dictionary
This is the online version of the Dictionary of Photography and Digital Imaging by Tom Ang, published in 2001. "...should be on the bookshelf of every contemporary photographer" said one reviewer.
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Featured Photography Terms
- 24-bit - Adjective: (1) ~ application: written to ru...
- APS - Advanced Photo System: coordinated system of film ...
- battery - Device for providing or storing electrical power t...
- chromatic aberration - Defect of lens seen as variation of sharpness or s...
- circle of confusion - Size of smallest detail that can be distinguished ...
- clipboard - Area of memory reserved for temporarily holding it...
- colour balance - Evaluation of predominance or lack of particular c...
- contrast - (1) Of ambient light: brightness range in scene: d...
- copyright - 'Property right which subsists in original literar...
- depth of field - Measure of zone or distance over which any object ...
- diaphragm - Design of lens aperture control designed to cut ou...
- enhancement - (1) Change in one or more qualities of an image in...
- exposure - (1) Process of allowing light to reach light-sensi...
- f/number - Setting of lens diaphragm that determines amount o...
- fast - Adjective: (1) ~ film; ~ emulsion: one that is com...
- filter - (1) Optical accessory used to cut out certain wave...
- flare - Non image-forming light in optical system that deg...
- fog - (1) Non-image forming density in film that has eff...
- format - (1) Noun: shape and dimensions of image on a film ...
- HDR - High Dynamic Range.Scene with a large ...
- hologram - Photographic image which, when suitably illuminate...
- JPEG - in detail - The technique - "jay-pegging" - consists of three ...
- megapixel - Million pixels: measure of capacity of image captu...
- multigrade - Adjective: (1) ~ paper: black & white printing pap...
- panoramic camera - Design of camera for covering a field of view that...
- Photo CD - Proprietary system of digital image management bas...
- quality factor - In pre-press work: multiplication factor used to e...
- quantisation - Process of dividing or sampling a continuously var...
- system - Noun: Combination or collection of components or d...
- view camera - Design of camera in which the lens and film holder...