Video camera

Video camera

Camcorders, blueray video camaras

Industry: Recording equipment

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interval AF

Consumer electronics; Video camera

AF (Auto Focus) mode is periodically switched ON, then OFF (fixed focus). The duration of the on and off intervals is separately adjustable.

iris

Consumer electronics; Video camera

An adjustable sized aperture in a camera lens that controls the amount of light reaching the imager. Compensates for changing lighting conditions. Iris control may be either manual or automatic, ...

In IT CCD technology, the charges on exposed pixels are transferred to light-shielded vertical readout zones embedded in the sensitive area. IT devices are simpler to manufacture and are therefore ...

isochronous transmission mode

Consumer electronics; Video camera

IEEE 1394 data transmission mode featuring guaranteed transmission timing and bandwidth. Appropriate for just-in-time transmission of video and audio and computer data.

long-term integration

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Special camera mode similar to the ‘B’ setting of a photographic camera shutter. The CCD integrates over a long (userdefined) period, providing very high sensitivity. Object must be stationary, ...

luminance

Consumer electronics; Video camera

The part of a composite video signal that expresses brightness. Also called Y. Separately transmitted in Y/C (S-video).

lux

Consumer electronics; Video camera

The SI measurement of light intensity taken at the surface which the light source is illuminating. The measure of the total lumens falling upon a unit of area. 1 lumen per square meter. One ...