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Radio Trigger

A transmitter on the camera and receivers on the flashes that fire them by radio signal.

m (range)
Lighting & Flash

Rear-curtain Sync

A setting that fires the flash at the end of the exposure rather than the beginning, so motion trails follow the subject rather than…

Lighting & Flash

Recycle Time

The interval a flash needs to recharge its capacitor to full power after firing.

seconds
Lighting & Flash

Reflector

A panel that bounces existing light back into the shadows, adding fill without a second light source.

stops
Lighting & Flash

Rembrandt Lighting

A portrait pattern in which a small triangle of light appears on the shadowed cheek, below the eye.

Lighting & Flash

Rim Light

A light placed behind and to one side of the subject that draws a bright edge along its outline, separating it from the background.

f-stops (EV)
Lighting & Flash

Ring Flash

A flash tube arranged in a circle around the lens, producing nearly shadowless frontal light.

GN (guide number)