Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Weekly Vocab

EXIF -  standard that specifies the formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones), scanners and other systems handling image and sound files recorded by digital cameras

TIFF -  computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and both amateur and professional photographers in general

Geotagged Photograph -  photograph which is associated with a geographical location by geotagging

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Weekly Vocab

Prime Lens (FFL) - a prime lens is either a photographic lens whose focal length is fixed

Wide- Angle Lens - a lens whose focal length is substantially smaller than the focal length of a normal lens for a given film plane.

Calypso underwater camera - is an affordable, yet sophisticated waterproof inspection camera.

Through-the-lens metering - photographic term describing a feature of cameras capable of measuring light levels in a scene through their taking lenses, as opposed to a separate metering window.