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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

The recorded image on either
light-sensitive film or digital media.
Also refers to the number of exposures
remaining, depending on remaining roll
length (film) or memory card capacity
(digital).
An exposure can be referred to as a
"correct exposure" and also a "creative
exposure." Both are the result of
setting the desired ASI combination.
Exposure
compensation
Exposure
compensation chart, enlarging
Exposure
compensation dial
Exposure
compensation mode of digital cameras
Exposure
compensator
Exposure
control dial of instant cameras
Exposure
factors
Exposure
index
Exposure
latitude
Exposure
lock
On digital cameras
Exposure
manipulation when enlarging
Exposure
meters
Batteries
Built in
In compact cameras
In digital cameras
Film speed, setting,
automatic setting with DX coded films
Multiple
exposure
Purposely lowering or raising
Filter factor
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Flash
Handheld
Incident light readings
Metering range
Override controls
Photocells
Reflected light readings
Through the lens
metering, see through the lens (TL)
metering
See also specific
photographic situations and effects e.g.
filters and portraits
Exposure
mode selector control dials
Exposure
time
Developing
Enlarging
Exposure
time delay in digital cameras
Exposure
value (EV)
Extender
lens, see lens extender
Extension
bellows
Extension
flash
Extension
tubes
Eye
control, auto-focusing
Eyecup
for viewfinder
Eyeglasses
Flash photography of
subject
Focusing
Eyepiece
correction lenses for viewfinder
Eyepiece
shutter or blind for viewfinder
f/16 rule
of thumb
Fahrenheit temperature scale
Fast
films, see high speed films
Fast lens
Ferrotype
plate
Fiber
based photo paper
Field
cameras
Field of
view lens
Fill
flash
Filtered
Full
flash mode of digital cameras
Fill
light
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Film
Airport x-ray
precautions
For APS cameras
Black and white, see
black and white film
Brands
Bulk
Cartridge
Changing partially
exposed rolls
Also mid
roll change
Chromogenic black and
white
Cold weather
Color, see also color
negative ( print ) film, color reversal
( slide ) film
Color sensitivity
Consumer/ amateur
Copy
Copying digital images
Daylight
Definition
For disc cameras
Duplicating
DX coded
Emulsion
Expiration date
Exposure latitude
Fast, see fast film,
high speed
Film box information
Fogging of
Graininess
High-speed
Infra red, see infrared
film
For instant cameras
Irradiation
For large formats
cameras
Loading the camera ( see
loading the camera )
Manufacturer’s code
for medium format
cameras
name brands
for night and existing
light photography
panchromatic
paper backing on roll
films
Polaroid instant 35mm
slide
Premium
Private label
Processing, see
processing films and prints
Professional
Paper backing on roll
films
Polaroid instant 35mm
film
Premium
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Private label
Processing, see
processing of films and prints
Professional
Reciprocity effect
Resolution/ resolving
power
Reversal, see black and
white film reversal slide,
Color
reversal slide film
Shelf life
Sizes of
Slide, see black and
white film, reversal ( slide )
Color reversal slide
film
Film
Slide duplicates
Slow-speed
Special purpose
Speed of, see Film
speeds
Static electricity
Storage
Store brand
For subminiature cameras
For 35mm cameras
Transparency, see Black
and white film, reversal ( slide) ;
Color reversal film
Traveling
Tungsten
Types of
Currently available
For underwater
photography
X-raying
Film
advance control
Film
cassette/magazine
Film
cassette window
Film
chamber
Film
cleaner
Film
clips
Film
developing
Film for
classics
Film
frame counter
Film
holders
Film
leader
Film
leader retriever
Film load
indicator
Film
loading mark
Film
magazine backs
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Film
packets
Film
plane
Film
indicator
Film
pressure plate
Film
prewind
Film
recorder of digital images
Film
rewind button
Film
rewind crank/knob
Film
scanners
Film
speed button
Film
speed control
Film
speed dial
Film
speeds
Close-ups
Exposure meter setting,
see exposure meter, film speed, setting
Filters
Flash guide numbers
Flash guide operating
range
Infrared film
Interrelationship
ISO rating system
Manual flash exposure
Multiple exposures
Range of
Shooting with existing
light
For traveling
Film
sprockets
Film
take-up spool
Film
transport indicator
Film
transport reel
Film view
window
Filter
adapter
Filter
drawer enlarger
Filter
factor
Filter
holders, camera, enlarger
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Filters
Autofocusing
For black and white
photography specifically
Chart of
For black and white
printing
Brands of
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