film speed
Camera sensor sensitivity
Film speed measures how sensitive photographic film is to light.
Faster film (higher numbers like 400 or 800) needs less light to produce an image, making it suitable for dim conditions or fast action.
Slower film (lower numbers like 100) requires more light but produces finer grain and sharper detail.
The concept carries over to digital photography as ISO settings: I bumped up the ISO for the indoor shots.
Grainy visual texture
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- textureSurface tactile quality
- emulsionBlended immiscible liquids
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
granularity · fine grain · coarse grain · analog · negative · enlargement
Global standards body
- ASAFilm speed scale
- light sensitivityAdverse reaction to brightness
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
Adjustable optical inlet
- light meterDevice measuring illumination intensity
- meteringControlled measurement of quantity
- overexposureExcessive amount of something
- underexposureInadequate light capture
reciprocity · available light · flash · ambient light · bracketing · dynamic range · highlight
Smearing from movement
- panningLateral camera traverse
- sports photographyCapturing athletic events visually
- action shotsPhotographs capturing dynamic moments
- burst modeRapid consecutive image capture
graininess
Grainy visual texture
coarseness · granularity · fine grain · coarse grain · analog · negative · enlargement
ISO
Global standards body
- ASAFilm speed scale
- light sensitivityAdverse reaction to brightness
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
aperture
Adjustable optical inlet
- light meterDevice measuring illumination intensity
- meteringControlled measurement of quantity
- overexposureExcessive amount of something
underexposure · reciprocity · available light · flash · ambient light · bracketing · dynamic range · highlight
motion blur
Smearing from movement
- panningLateral camera traverse
- sports photographyCapturing athletic events visually
- action shotsPhotographs capturing dynamic moments
burst mode · decisive moment · stop motion · handheld · camera shake
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- exposuresun exposure, light exposure, cold exposure, heat exposure, UV exposure
- imaging unitspixel, megapixel, megapixels, pixel density, dot
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