Digital Photography Glossary

Listed below are a number of terms used in regard to digital photography. Clicking on each word will take you to the entry in the RadioShack On-line Glossary.

A/D Converter	Angle of View	Anti-aliasing	Aperture
Artifact(ing)	Aspect Ratio	Attachment	Automatic Exposure
Automatic Flash	Autofocus	Averaging	AVI
B&W	Banding	Barreling	Bit
Bit Depth	Bitmap	Blooming	BMP
Brightness	Buffer	Burst Mode	Byte
Capture	Card	Card Reader	CCD
CDR	CDRW	Center Weighted	Chromatic Aberration
CIFF	CMOS	Codec	Color Balance
Color Correction	Color Depth	Color-Filter Array	CompactFlash
COM port	Compression	Continuous Autofocus	Contrast
Dark Current Dark Noise	Decompression	Depth of Field	Diaphragm
Digital Zoom	Digitization	Diopter Correction	Direct Vision
Distortion	Download	DPI	DPOF
DRAM	DRAM Buffer	Dye Sub Thermal Dye Sublimation	Dynamic Range
EPP	E-TTL	EXIF	Export
Exposure	f numbers f-stops	Firewire	Fixed Focus
Flash	Flash Memory Card	Flash Memory Reader	Flash RAM
Flat Bed Scanner	Focal Length	Focus	FPX
Frame	Frame Grabber	Frame Rate	Fringing
GIF	Gradation	Gray Level	Gray Scale
Hot Shoe	Hunting	IEEE-1284	IEEE 1394
IFF	Image Formats	Image Processing Time	Image Sensor
Image Stabilization	Inkjet	Interlaced	Interpolation
IR	IrDA	ISO	Iris Diaphragm
Jaggies	JFIF	JPEG, JPG	KB
Landscape	LCD	Lossless	Lossy
LZW	Macro	Matrix Array	Matrix Metering
MiniDisc	MB	Megapixel	Memory Stick
Metering	MMC	Moiré	MOV
MPEG	Multi-megapixel	Multi Spot Focusing	Multiple Exposure
Noise	Optical Zoom	Orientation Sensor	Overexposure
Palette	Panorama	Parallel Port	PC Card PCMCIA Card
PCMCIA Adapter	PCX	Photosite	PICT
Pincushioning	Pixel	Pixelization	PNG
Point and Shoot	Port	Portrait mode	PPI
Preview Screen	Progressive Scan	QuickTime^®	QVGA
RAM	Rangefinder	RAW	Recycle time
Red-eye and Red-eye Reduction	Refresh rate	Resolution	Resolution, Digital
Resolution, Interpolated	Resolution, Optical	RGB	Saturation
Scanner	SCSI	SD Card	Sensor
Sepia	Serial Port	Shutter	Shutter Lag
Shutter Speed	SLR	SmartMedia	Smoothing
Spot Metering	SVGA	TIFF	Telephoto
TFT	Thermal Dye Sublimation	Thermo Autochrome Printer	Thumbnail
Time-Lapse	True Color	TTL	Type I, II, III
TWAIN	Underexposure	Unsharp Masking	Upload
URL	USB	UXGA	VGA
Video Card	Video Out	Viewfinder	Viewfinder, Optical
Viewfinder, Electronic	Wide-angle Lens	XGA	ZLR
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