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Abbreviations, common photography

Abstract Images, see Physiograph

AC Adapter:

                for accessory flash

                for digital camera

Accent light

Accessory camera back

Accessory equipment

                buying used

Accessory flash units

                shoe-mount

Accessory lenses

                close-up lenses, see Close-up lenses, accessory

Accessory  shots

                composition and

                film advance and

                flash and

                multiple exposure and

                see also Blurring action; Sports photography; Stop-action

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Active infrared auto focus system

Adams, Ansel, see zone system for determining

                Exposure

Adapter filter

                Lens

                Lens, for digital cameras

Adult  education classes

Advanced photo system cameras, see APS ( Advanced Photo Systems )cameras

Advanced photo system film, see APS ( Advanced Photo Systems ) film

Arial Photography

AF assist for auto focusing

Alkaline battery

                Digital camera

All in One Cameras, C Zoom lens reflex ( ZLR ) cameras

Ambient Light

                Shooting with, and at night, see night photography, shooting with existing light                                                    at night

American National Standards Institute ( ANSI )  American Photo

American Society of Media of Photographers

American Standards Association ( ASA)

Amphibious Cameras ( see underwater cameras)

 

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Analog image

Analyzing photographs

Angle of acceptance, exposure meter

Angle of illumination, flash

Angle of View Lens

Angles of Cameras, see camera angles

Anti Static Brush

Aperture, see lens Apertures

Aperture

Aperture-preferred cameras

Aperture – priority exposure mode

Apertures, lens, see f/stops; Lens apertures

Apochromatic ( APO ) lenses

APS ( advanced photo systems ) cameras

                Digital imaging for

                Film for

                Photo finishing

                As point and shoot camera

                PQIX , picture quality information exchange feature

                Print format control

                Print size

                Single Use type

APS ( advanced photo system ) film

                Magnetic coating (PQIX )

                Processing of

Archival mount and mat boards

Archival permanence

Artifacts, in digital images

Artificial light

ASA film speeds

                See also film speeds

ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography

Aspherical lenses

Aspheric lenses, see aspherical lenses

Astrophotography

Autobracketing

Autoexposure

                APS cameras

                With close-ups

                In compact cameras

                In digital cameras

                Filter factor

                Filters

                Overriding

                Reversing lenses

                Traveling

Auto fill flash

 

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Auto flash

                Built-in

                Dedicated

                In digital cameras               

                Operating range

                Overriding

                In single-use cameras

Auto focus cameras

                APS cameras

                Compact cameras

                Digital cameras

                Filters

                Motor drive

Auto focus enlargers

Auto focus illuminator beam

Auto focus indicators in digital cameras

Auto focus in digital cameras

                Limitations of

Auto focus lenses

                Camera

                Lens extender

                Limitations

                Projector

                Reversing

Auto focus lock

                In digital cameras

Auto load

Automated photo making machine

Automatic aperture

Automatic exposure, see auto exposure

Automatic flash exposure, see auto flash

Automatic white balance mode, of digital cameras

Auto rewind

Auto wind

Auto-zoom flash head

Available light, see ambient light

Averaging exposure meters

 

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Babies, photographing

Background and composition

Background light

Back lighting

                Fill flash

Back light mode, of compact cameras

Back packs, photo

Back-printing

Back scatter, underwater flash

Back up copies of digital images

Ball head, tripod

Bare-bulb flash

Barn doors for studio lights

Basic darkroom book

Batteries

Camera

                Changing

                Cold weather

                Digital camera

                Exposure meter

                Flash unit

                Instant camera

                Life

                Non rechargeable

                Precautions with

                Rechargeable

                Spare

                When traveling

                Types of

Battery chargers

Battery check

Battery packs

                For digital cameras

Battery tester

Bayonette mount, for lenses

Bean bag, for camera support

Bellows, extension, see extension bellows

Between the lens shutter, see leaf shutter

Big bucks selling your photography

Binoculars, photographing through

Bit depth; see color depth, of scanners

 

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Black and white film

                Chart of available

                Chromogenic

                Color sensitivity of

                Composition

                For copy work

                Existing lights and night shooting

                Filters for

                Infrared

                Panchromatic

                For photographic copying

                Processing, see processing of films and prints

                Reversal ( slide ) film

                Single use cameras

                Zone system for determining exposure of

Black and white prints, scanning

Black and white slides duplicating

Black spots or objects on pictures

Blotters, photo                                                                                    

 

Blurring action

Books about photography

Borderless prints

Bottle top opener

Bounce card for flash

Bounce Flash

Bounce lighting, see also bounce flash

Bounce light reflector

Bracketing exposures

                Filter factors

                Flash

Breech lock mount

Bridge cameras, see zoom lens reflex ( ZLR) cameras

B shutter setting

Buffer, in digital camera

Buffer in digital cameras

Bulb mode

 

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Bulbs

                Enlarger, see enlarger bulbs

                Flash, see flashbulbs

                Photoflood, see photoflood bulbs

                Projector, see projector bulbs

Tungsten –halogen, see Tungsten-halogen bulbs

Bulk film

Bulk film back

Burning in enlarging technique

Burst rate of digital cameras

Button cells

Byte, see Gigabyte, Kilobyte, Megabyte

 

Cable release, see also remote cord

Cadmium sulfide

Camera angles

Camera back

Camera brands

Camera bags

Camera care

Camera case

Camera clubs

Camera insurance

Camera movement, see camera shake

Camera parts diagrams

Camera protection

Camera purchase tips

Camera repairs

Cameras

                traveling with

                carrying two identical bodies

                testing

                type to take

Camera, types of, see specific types, e.g. single lens reflex (SLR ) cameras, digital cameras

Camera shake

                Macro lens

                Telephoto lens

Camera strap

Camera support, see also tripods

 

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Candid pictures

Capture rate in digital cameras

Career in photography

Cartridge film

Catadioptric lenses

CCD ( charge coupled device ) in digital cameras, see also image sensor

C- clamp for camera support

CD burner see also recordable drives, rewritable drives

CD (compact discs)

                Capacity of

                Formats of

                Image storage on

                Instructional

                Mini

Celsius temperature scale

Centerpost tripod

Center weighted metering

Centrigrade temperature scale

Changing bag

Chemical contamination

Chromogenic black and white film

Circular fish-eye lenses

Circular polarizing filter

Classes, photography

Clear center filter

Click stops on lenses

Clear focus lenses

Close up lenses, accessory

                Using

                Variable

                See also macro lenses

Close up mode of compact cameras

 

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Close-ups

                With compact cameras

                Depth of field

                With digital cameras

                Exposure factors

                Filters

                Flash     

                Focusing

                Framing

                Macro lenses, see macro lenses

                Nonoptical options

                Reversing normal or wide angle lens

                Steadying camera

                Travel photos

Closing in on subject

Clubs, camera

CMOS ( complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor )

                In digital cameras

                See also image sensor

Cold light head

Cold weather photography

Collins, Dean

Color and composition

Color balance

                In digital cameras

                For digital printing

                Improper

                Underwater photographer

Color compensating (CC) filters

Cold depth of scanners

Color film processing

Color head enlarger

Color infrared film, see also infrared film

Color management for digital prints

Color negative( print ) film

                Chart available

                Color balancing

                Daylight

                Existing light and night shooting

                Filters for

                Processing yourself

                Single-use cameras

                Slide duplication

                Tungsten

Color photo insert, following page

 

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Color print scanning

Color print film, see color negative ( print ) film

Color reversal ( slide)film

                Chart of available

                Daylight

                Existing light and night photography

                Filters for

                Processing yourself

                Push processing

                Tungsten

Color sensitivity of film

Color slides duplicating

Color temperature meters

Color temperature of light sources

                Chart of

Color wheel

Compact cameras( point and shoot )

                APS cameras see APS ( Advanced Photo Systems ) cameras

                Autofocusing systems

                Avoiding calamities

                Buying

                Close-ups with

                Comparison to single lens reflex cameras

                Digital type

                Distinguished by focal length of lenses

                Exposure control

                Price range

                Zoom lens, see also specific features and functions of compact cameras

Compact discs, see CDs

Complementary colors

Composition

                Action, including

                Angles, checking all

                Background

                Center of interest

                Close to subject, getting

                Color considerations

                With digital cameras

                Exposure

                Focusing for effect

                Filling frame

                Framing the subject

                Bracketing see bracketing exposures

                Double, see double exposures

                Experienced guess at

                Film box guidelines

                Filter factor        

 

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                Flash exposures

                                 Bounce flash

                                 Fill flash

                                 Manual figuring

                                For multiple flash

                F / 16 rule of thumb

                High contrast subjects

                For highlights

                Infrared film

                Multiple, see multiple exposures

                Personal preferences

                Proper

                For shadows

                Trial

                Zone systems, see also specific photographic situations and
                effects e.g. filters   portraits

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