Exposure & Metering

4 terms

The sensitivity at which a sensor is read out with no amplification, delivering its maximum dynamic range and cleanest files.

The extra exposure required when a lens is racked far forward for close focus, spreading its light over a greater distance.

Bright areas recorded at maximum value across all channels, rendering as featureless white that no processing can restore.

A shutter setting, marked B, that keeps the shutter open for as long as the release is held down.