Terms starting with E
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Exposure
The total amount of light that reaches the sensor or film, set by the combination of aperture, shutter speed and the scene's brightness.
Post-Processing & RetouchingExposure Adjustment
A processing control that brightens or darkens the whole image in stops, mimicking a change in camera exposure.
Exposure & MeteringExposure Compensation
A deliberate offset applied to the camera's metered reading, expressed in stops, to make an image brighter or darker than the meter…
Post-Processing & RetouchingExposure Fusion
Blending bracketed frames directly into a normal-range image by selecting the best-exposed pixels, without building an HDR file first.
Exposure & MeteringExposure Latitude
How far an exposure can miss the ideal and still produce an acceptable image after processing.
Exposure & MeteringExposure Simulation
A live-view or electronic-viewfinder mode that displays the scene at the brightness the current settings will actually record.
Exposure & MeteringExposure Triangle
The teaching model that links aperture, shutter speed and ISO as three interdependent controls, where changing one requires compensating…
Exposure & MeteringExposure Value (EV)
A single number describing every combination of aperture and shutter speed that produces the same exposure.
Exposure & MeteringExtended ISO
ISO settings outside a sensor's native range, marked with an L or H prefix, that are produced by digital manipulation rather than analogue…
Optics, Lenses & FiltersExtension Tube
A hollow spacer placed between lens and camera that shortens the minimum focus distance and increases magnification.
Focus & Depth of FieldEye AF
A refinement of face detection that locates and focuses on the eye itself, and usually lets the photographer choose which one.