Cameras, Formats & Systems
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120 Roll Film
A 61 millimetre wide roll film on a spool with paper backing, the surviving standard for medium-format photography.
Cameras, Formats & Systems35 mm Format
The film format using 35 mm perforated stock with a 36 by 24 millimetre frame, which became the dominant standard of the twentieth century.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsAction Camera
A small, ruggedised, wide-angle camera built to be mounted on a body, vehicle or piece of equipment.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsAPS-C
A sensor format roughly 23.5 by 15.6 millimetres, giving a crop factor of about 1.5× against full frame.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsAPS-H
An intermediate sensor format of about 28.7 by 19 millimetres, with a crop factor near 1.3×.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsArca-Swiss Plate
A dovetail quick-release plate standard, widely adopted so heads and plates from different makers interoperate.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsBall Head
A tripod head using a single ball-and-socket joint, allowing the camera to be aimed in any direction with one locking knob.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsBattery Grip
An accessory that bolts to the base of a camera to hold additional batteries and duplicate the controls for vertical shooting.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsBridge Camera
A fixed-lens camera styled like an SLR, offering a very long zoom range from a small sensor.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsBuffer Depth
The number of consecutive frames a camera can shoot at full speed before its internal memory fills and the rate collapses.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsBurst Rate
The number of frames a camera can capture per second in continuous drive mode.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsCable Release
A mechanical or electronic remote that fires the shutter without the photographer touching the camera.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsCamera Cage
A rigid frame that surrounds a camera body, providing mounting points for monitors, microphones, handles and rigging.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsCompact Camera
A small fixed-lens camera designed to be carried everywhere, with automatic exposure and focus as the default.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsCrop Factor
The ratio between a sensor's diagonal and that of full frame, used to convert focal lengths into their full-frame equivalents.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsDepth of Field Preview
A control that stops the lens down to the working aperture so the actual depth of field can be seen before exposure.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsDigital Back
A removable sensor unit that attaches to a medium- or large-format camera body in place of a film magazine.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsDSLR
A digital single-lens reflex camera: an SLR body with a sensor in place of film, retaining the mirror and optical viewfinder.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsDual Card Slots
Two memory card slots that can record simultaneously, sequentially, or split by file type.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsElectronic First-curtain Shutter
A hybrid shutter that begins the exposure electronically and ends it with a physical curtain.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsElectronic Shutter
A shutter implemented by resetting and reading out the sensor electronically, with no moving parts.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsElectronic Viewfinder
A small high-resolution display inside the eyepiece showing a live feed from the sensor.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsEquivalent Focal Length
The full-frame focal length that would give the same angle of view as a given lens on a smaller format.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsField Camera
A folding large-format camera built light enough to carry, trading some movement range for portability.