Professional photography

Professional photography

Professional photography is the occupation of taking pictures and selling them freelance or as part of a contract usually with a publication.

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tone compensation

Photography; Professional photography

An option in the "Projector settings menu" that performs tone compensation in dark parts of the image to brighten shadows.

minimum illumination

Photography; Professional photography

An item in the specifications stating the lowest light level at which movies can be recorded, defined as the amount of light (measured in lux, or lx) needed to produce a video signal with a white ...

Certain light sources, including mercury vapor and fluorescent lighting, cycle on and off at the same frequency as the alternating current that powers them (50 Hz or 60 Hz). The flicker generated by ...

thermal shield finish

Photography; Professional photography

The heat-block coating reflects light and re-radiates heat. Similar substances are widely used in exterior walls, on roofs, around pools, in parking lots, and in the asphalt on roads to reduce the ...

zoom lock

Photography; Professional photography

A control that locks the lens to prevent it from zooming in and out under its own weight while the user is carrying the camera. To lock the lens, the user must first zoom out to the shortest focal ...

release-mode selector

Photography; Professional photography

A rotating pointer arm under the mode dial that is used to select single frame, continuous, self-timer, and quiet shutter-release modes.

high-speed continuous

Photography; Professional photography

The name for a new mode. When this mode is selected, the frame advance rate can be chosen from the following options: • Continuous H (Master Menu No. BA-5) • Continuous M (Master Menu No. BA-6) • ...