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Recording equipment
Any equipment used to record sound or visual images.
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black stretch / black compress control
Consumer electronics; Video camera
A function of Digital Signal Processing technology that enables the contrast of the black area of an image to be variable adjusted. The black stretch function emphasizes contrast ...
charge coupled device (CCD)
Consumer electronics; Video camera
Semiconductor device made of a matrix (or lines) of individual photosensitive elements, called pixels. The optics focus the scene onto the matrix and each pixel accumulates an ...
CCD IRIS
Consumer electronics; Video camera
Special operating mode of the electronic shutter of a CCD camera. The shutter timing is automatically adjusted to maintain the same video output level, irrespective of the scene ...
CCIR
Consumer electronics; Video camera
B/W video standard with 625 lines / frame, 2 interlaced fields / frame, 25 frames / second. Monochrome version of PAL.
camera control unit (CCU)
Consumer electronics; Video camera
The CCU provides a means of controlling a remote camera. So that the remote camera can be as small and light as possible, the CCU also includes all electronic circuits that do not ...
chrominance
Consumer electronics; Video camera
Color part of the composite video signal. Also called C. Separately transmitted in Y/C (S-video). It is the combination of the two color difference signals (U or R-Y) and (V or ...
camera head unit (CHU)
Consumer electronics; Video camera
In a remote head camera system, the CHU is a small unit that only includes the sensor, its optical interface, the cable coupling to a CCU and the minimum amount of electronic ...
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