Recording equipment

Recording equipment

Any equipment used to record sound or visual images.

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interval AF

Consumer electronics; Video camera

AF (Auto Focus) mode is periodically switched ON, then OFF (fixed focus). The duration of the on and off intervals is separately adjustable.

iris

Consumer electronics; Video camera

An adjustable sized aperture in a camera lens that controls the amount of light reaching the imager. Compensates for changing lighting conditions. Iris control may be either ...

interline transfer (IT)

Consumer electronics; Video camera

In IT CCD technology, the charges on exposed pixels are transferred to light-shielded vertical readout zones embedded in the sensitive area. IT devices are simpler to manufacture ...

isochronous transmission mode

Consumer electronics; Video camera

IEEE 1394 data transmission mode featuring guaranteed transmission timing and bandwidth. Appropriate for just-in-time transmission of video and audio and computer data.

long-term integration

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Special camera mode similar to the ‘B’ setting of a photographic camera shutter. The CCD integrates over a long (userdefined) period, providing very high sensitivity. Object must ...

luminance

Consumer electronics; Video camera

The part of a composite video signal that expresses brightness. Also called Y. Separately transmitted in Y/C (S-video).

lux

Consumer electronics; Video camera

The SI measurement of light intensity taken at the surface which the light source is illuminating. The measure of the total lumens falling upon a unit of area. 1 lumen per square ...