Recording equipment

Recording equipment

Any equipment used to record sound or visual images.

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SDK

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Software Development Kit.

screen mode

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Partial see-through mode on HMD allowing the user to view the surrounding environment by adjusting the transparency of the screen in the area only around the picture.

s-donpisha

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Asynchronous shutter mode used with external HD/VD sync. CCD starts to accumulate electrons when the external trigger pulse is received and stops when the VD pulse is received. ...

sensitivity

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Lens iris aperture required to provide a video output signal of standard level at a specified light input. In general, sensitivity is measured using an 89.9% reflectance grey ...

signal to noise ratio (S/N)

Consumer electronics; Video camera

The ratio, usually expressed in dB (decibels), between the normal signal output and the noise level within an electronic signal.

smear

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Undesirable artifact of CCDs that appears in the picture as a vertical streak above and below a very bright object in the scene. Smear is caused by parasitic light getting into ...

slow shutter

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Shutter mode with an integration time longer than 1/50 s (PAL) or 1/60 s (NTSC). Like long-term integration, the slow shutter function increases camera sensitivity when shooting ...