Terms starting with H
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Hot Shoe
The standardised bracket on top of a camera that both holds an accessory and provides electrical contacts to trigger it.
Colour & Colour ManagementHSL
A colour model describing colour by hue, saturation and lightness, widely used for targeted colour editing.
Colour & Colour ManagementHue
The attribute of a colour that gives it its name — red, green, blue — represented as a position on a circular scale.
Genres, Movements & TheoryHumanist Photography
A postwar movement, strongest in France, that photographed ordinary life with warmth and an emphasis on shared human experience.
Focus & Depth of FieldHybrid Autofocus
A system combining phase detection for speed and direction with contrast detection for final precision.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsHybrid Viewfinder
A finder that can switch between an optical view and an electronic one, or overlay electronic information on the optical image.
Focus & Depth of FieldHyperfocal Distance
The focus distance that yields the greatest depth of field, extending from half that distance out to infinity.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesHyperlapse
A time-lapse in which the camera moves substantially between frames, producing accelerated motion through space.