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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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Professional photography

manual focus

Photography; Professional photography

A mode in which the user selects shutter speed and aperture manually.

matrix metering

Photography; Professional photography

A metering method that calculates the correct exposure based on the brightness of the subject. The frame is divided into several areas and optimal exposure calculated on the basis of data from each ...

mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter

Photography; Professional photography

A device that combines a mechanical focal plane shutter with electronic control of the image sensor to determine shutter speed.

memory buffer

Photography; Professional photography

A built-in device that temporarily stores data from the camera image sensor before it is recorded to the memory card.

memory card

Photography; Professional photography

A removable flat and rectangular device for storing data.

memory card access lamp

Photography; Professional photography

An indicator that lights when the camera is accessing the memory card.

memory card slot

Photography; Professional photography

The void in the camera body where a memory card may be installed.

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