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Dynamic Range
The span between the brightest and darkest tones a camera can record in a single frame while keeping usable detail at both ends.
Genres, Movements & TheoryDüsseldorf School
A group of German photographers taught by Bernd and Hilla Becher, known for large-format, systematic and often very large-scale work.
Film, Darkroom & Historic ProcessesE-6 Process
The standardised chemical process for developing colour reversal film into positive transparencies.
Genres, Movements & TheoryEditorial Photography
Photography made to accompany published text — articles, features and interviews — rather than to advertise.
Exposure & MeteringEffective Aperture
The working f-number of a lens once it is focused close, which is always darker than the marked aperture because the lens is extended away…
Sensors & Digital CaptureEffective Pixels
The number of photosites actually contributing to the final image, as distinct from the total on the chip.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsElectronic First-curtain Shutter
A hybrid shutter that begins the exposure electronically and ends it with a physical curtain.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsElectronic Shutter
A shutter implemented by resetting and reading out the sensor electronically, with no moving parts.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsElectronic Viewfinder
A small high-resolution display inside the eyepiece showing a live feed from the sensor.
Files, Metadata & WorkflowEmbedded Colour Profile
An ICC profile stored inside an image file, telling any application what its colour numbers mean.
Files, Metadata & WorkflowEmbedded Preview
A JPEG rendering stored inside a raw file, used for camera playback and fast browsing before conversion.
Film, Darkroom & Historic ProcessesEmulsion
The light-sensitive coating on film or paper, consisting of silver halide crystals suspended in gelatin.
Film, Darkroom & Historic ProcessesEnlarger
A darkroom device that projects a negative onto photographic paper to produce a print larger than the original.
Film, Darkroom & Historic ProcessesEnlarging Lens
A lens optimised for projecting a flat negative onto flat paper at close range.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersEntrance Pupil
The apparent size and position of the aperture as seen from in front of the lens, which is what the f-number is calculated from.
Genres, Movements & TheoryEnvironmental Portrait
A portrait made in a setting that tells the viewer something about the subject's life, work or identity.
Exposure & MeteringEquivalent Exposure
Any different combination of aperture, shutter speed and ISO that yields identical image brightness.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsEquivalent Focal Length
The full-frame focal length that would give the same angle of view as a given lens on a smaller format.
Exposure & MeteringEvaluative (Matrix) Metering
A metering pattern that divides the frame into zones, compares their brightness against a database of scene types, and infers the…
Genres, Movements & TheoryEvent Photography
Photography documenting conferences, parties, ceremonies and corporate functions.
Printing, Display & OutputExhibition Print
A print made to the highest standard for gallery display, with materials and finishing chosen for both appearance and longevity.
Files, Metadata & WorkflowEXIF
The standard block of technical metadata a camera writes into a file, recording settings and equipment.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersExit Pupil
The apparent size and position of the aperture as seen from behind the lens, which governs how light strikes the sensor.
Files, Metadata & WorkflowExport
Generating a delivery file from an edited image, with a chosen format, size, colour space and metadata.