Cameras, Formats & Systems
4 terms
Cable Release
Cameras, Formats & Systems
A mechanical or electronic remote that fires the shutter without the photographer touching the camera.
Camera Cage
Cameras, Formats & Systems
A rigid frame that surrounds a camera body, providing mounting points for monitors, microphones, handles and rigging.
Compact Camera
Cameras, Formats & Systems
A small fixed-lens camera designed to be carried everywhere, with automatic exposure and focus as the default.
Crop Factor
Cameras, Formats & Systems
× multiplier
The ratio between a sensor's diagonal and that of full frame, used to convert focal lengths into their full-frame equivalents.
Crop factor = 43.3 mm / sensor diagonal