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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horizontal band

Photography; Professional photography

Some light sources, including mercury-vapor and fluorescent lamps, cycle on and off (flicker) at the same frequency as the AC current that powers them (generally 50 or 60 Hz). This flicker may ...

If a flash or other light source with brief duration is used during live view or movie recording, the top and bottom of the frame may brighten or a bright, overexposed band may appear near the middle ...

HD movie

Photography; Professional photography

HD is an abbreviation of “High Definition. ” “HD movie” generally refers to movies with a resolution of at least 1,280 × 720 pixels. HD movies are categorized by their vertical (V) pixel count and ...

HS movie

Photography; Professional photography

An option that records movies at a high frame rate (high speed) and plays them back at the standard rate of 30 fps to create a slow-motion effect. “HS” is an abbreviation of “high speed”; the frame ...

movie mode selector

Photography; Professional photography

A control on the camera body used to toggle between HS and HD movie recording.

silent wave motor

Photography; Professional photography

An autofocus motor developed independently by Nikon, incorporated into AF-S lenses. It combines focusing speeds fast enough to follow a rapidly-moving subject with quietness not found in AF lenses ...

rounded diaphragm opening

Photography; Professional photography

An opening (lens aperture) that is circular in shape. Lenses in which the opening created by the diaphragm blades is circular instead of polygonal improves the appearance of out-of-focus elements ...