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Photography techniques

Photography techniques refers to various methods of taking pictures through the use of different camera functions, lighting, angles and exposure time.

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Photography techniques

Inkjet Printer

Photography; Photography techniques

A printer which spurts out little dots of ink on the paper to produce an image. The smaller the dots, the finer the tonal gradation looks on the paper.

Interchangeable Lens

Photography; Photography techniques

Interchangeable lenses can be readily attached and detached from SLR cameras to obtain different kinds of images and suit different subjects. See also: creative lenses

ISO Speed

Photography; Photography techniques

Indicator of the digital camera's imaging sensor's sensitivity to light. The ISO speeds for digital cameras are almost the same as ISO speeds for film.

jpeg

Photography; Photography techniques

An image-recording type. This is the de facto standard for images captured by digital cameras. Since the JPEG image is processed internally by the camera, it need not be processed or developed with a ...

Dslr

Photography; Photography techniques

Abbreviated term for: Digital Single-Lens Reflex. A digital camera that uses a mechanical mirror system to direct light from the lens to the camera’s sensor chip rather than an ordinary digital point ...

Depth of Field

Photography; Photography techniques

The range in front of and behind the point of focus where objects will appear to be in focus. The depth-of-field becomes narrower with a larger aperture (lower f-number), longer focal length lens, ...

Depth of Field Preview

Photography; Photography techniques

A feature that enables you to see the depth of field through the viewfinder. You can see what's sharp and not sharp.

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