Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Photo Terms: By Tony Stark

Photography Terms:

ISO - Film speed (the measure of a photographic film's sensitivity to light) is designated by a single, almost universally-accepted common system developed by the International Organization for Standardization which uses the initials “ISO” before the film-speed number - e.g. ISO 100.

EXPOSURE VALUE - The Exposure Value (EV) system, which originated in Germany in the 1950s, was created to be a simple-to-use substitute for the shutter speed/aperture combination, using a single number instead of two.


DIAPHRAGM - A ring or plate with a hole in the center that controls the amount of light entering the camera. An adjustable diaphragm in a lens controls the size of the hole, or aperture, thereby permitting more or less light to pass through the lens to the film.  

SPEED - A measure of the sensitivity to light of a photographic emulsion (combination).

DEPTH OF FIELD - The range of distance in a scene that appears to be in focusand will be reproduced as being acceptably sharp in an image. Depth of field is controlled by the lens aperture, and extends for a distance in front of and behind the point on which the lens is focused

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