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| macro | these results are achieved with (easier) close-up photography |
| megapixels | A digital image created out of millions of pixels: hence, this name |
| memory card | These are the tiny devices that will store all of your precious photographs. |
| panoramas | capture a very wide view: an entire city skyline rather than just one building |
| photography | From the Greek, means "painting or writing with light" |
| picture angle | the angle of view from the lens out to the scene can be measured horizontally or vertically, this is measured diagonally |
| pixel | Picture Element: they are the building blocks of a digital photo |
| RAW | This image format is the data as it comes directly off the CCD, with no in-camera processing is performed |
| redeye | The glow from a subject's eyes caused by light from a flash reflecting off the blood vessels behind the retina in the eye |
| resolution | is defined as the number of pixels it contains |
| rule of thirds | put to use by dividing the rectangular shape of your scene into nine smaller rectangles |
| sensitivity | digital cameras have an ISO rating indicating their level of this to light |
| sharpness | The clarity of detail in a photo, similar to resolution |
| shutter speed | a measurement of how long its shutter remains open as the picture is taken |
| SLR | Single Lens Reflex; a camera with one lens (as opposed to Twin Lens Reflex like the Rolleiflex) that involves a mirror and prism that the viewer looks through (as opposed to a point and shoot or rangefinder where the viewer looks through a separate viewfinder. |
| subject distance | the distance between the camera (lens) and the main subject |
| sunny-16 rule | A guideline that states that you can expose a normal scene, lit by bright sunlight, at an aperture of f16 and a shutter speed equivalent to the film speed (ISO or ASA) being used. |
| TIFF | tagged image file format is a universal image format that is compatible with most image editing and viewing programs |
| white balance | A function on the camera to compensate for different colors of light being emitted by different light sources. |
| golden rectangle | An image ratio that makes the most pleasing, balanced impression on the viewer, panoramic landscaped, 66:33 ratio |
