Cameras, Formats & Systems
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Pinhole Camera
A lensless camera that forms an image through a tiny aperture, giving infinite depth of field and extremely long exposures.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsRangefinder Camera
A camera focused by aligning two images in a coupled optical system, viewed through a bright-line finder separate from the lens.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsSensor Format
The physical dimensions of a camera's sensor, which set its angle of view, depth of field characteristics and light-gathering area.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsShutter Actuation Count
The running total of exposures a camera's mechanical shutter has made, recorded in the file metadata.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsSingle-lens Reflex (SLR)
A camera design in which a hinged mirror reflects the taking lens's image up into the viewfinder, then swings clear when the shutter fires.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsSmartphone Camera
A camera module in a phone, where computational processing compensates for the physical limits of a very small sensor and lens.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsTripod
A three-legged support that holds the camera rigid for long exposures, precise framing or heavy lenses.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsTwin-lens Reflex (TLR)
A medium-format camera with two stacked lenses, one for viewing through a waist-level ground glass and one for taking the picture.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsView Camera
A large-format camera consisting of a lens board and film back joined by a flexible bellows, both adjustable in position and angle.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsViewfinder Coverage
The percentage of the recorded image that is visible through the viewfinder.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsViewfinder Magnification
How large the finder image appears compared with the naked eye, quoted for a 50 mm lens focused at infinity.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsWeather Sealing
Gaskets and overlapping construction that resist the entry of dust and moisture into a camera or lens.