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Important DSLR and general photography term explanations.

Category: Engineering

Company: Canon, Inc.

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Created by: Karl Schaeffer

Number of Blossarys: 9

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Reduces motion blur in your images by counteracting camera shake during handheld photography. Furthermore, with Optical Image Stabilizer in the lens, Canon can equip IS lens with the stabilizer it ...

Domain: Photography; Category: Photography techniques Collected Term

The condition when the amount of light received is more than what the correct exposure requires. The image looks brighter than the photographed scene as perceived by the human eye.

Domain: Photography; Category: Photography techniques Collected Term

This results in the entire picture being in sharp focus. Pan focus is achieved with a small aperture hole (high f-number) to obtain a very wide depth of field.

Domain: Photography; Category: Photography techniques Collected Term

When shooting a moving subject such as a runner or car, shooting the subject with a slow shutter while tracking it with the camera will result in a blurred background. The moving subject will look ...

Domain: Photography; Category: Photography techniques Collected Term

This refers to how different near and far objects look in a picture. With a wide-angle lens, near objects look very big, and far objects look very small. This effect emphasizes perspective in the ...

Domain: Photography; Category: Photography techniques Collected Term

A type of high-quality printing paper suited especially for printing photos.

Domain: Photography; Category: Photography techniques Collected Term

A printer which uses an ink ribbon and heat to transfer (vaporize) the ink to the dedicated paper. By adjusting the heat applied to the ink, fine gradations can be produced.

Domain: Photography; Category: Photography techniques Collected Term

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