Professional jargon of photographers

Aperture is the same as aperture. Many people get confused and think that aperture and diaphragm are different things, but in fact both terms are used to mean the same thing. The aperture is denoted by the letter f and has a numerical value from 0.7 to 32. The smaller it is, the more light passes through the lens (in more detail this issue was discussed in the article : What you need to know about the camera".

WB is white balance. An abbreviation that photographers often use in writing.

Mirrorless camera - an interchangeable lens camera that does not have mirrors in its design, like these models. Mirrorless cameras are hybrid cameras below SLR cameras, but higher compact options< /a>. They owe their appearance to the large dimensions and weight of SLR cameras. Due to the lack of mirrors, they managed to lose a lot of weight without much loss in photo quality. The tar in this whole barrel of honey was the lack of an optical viewfinder, overheating of the matrix and, accordingly, noise at medium and high ISOs. Also, mirrorless cameras are rarely famous for capacious batteries.

Lens hood — an indispensable accessory when shooting on a bright day

hood — special accessory that attaches directly to the lens and protects photographs from possible glare, loss of contrast and other stray lighting effects. In the vast majority, it comes with a lens. They come in different shapes and are made of various materials such as plastic, rubber or metal. A must-have accessory when shooting on a bright sunny day.

Pancake is a thin, compact lens, most often outwardly fully consistent with its name. The vast majority of these are lenses with a fixed focal length in the range of 30-70 mm, such as, for example, these models. Almost always, the determining and most important factor is the thickness of the lens.

Bracketing - shooting several photos with different exposure settings, shutter speeds and other parameters. Usually the photographer takes three or more shots and later glues them into one. Thus, HDR is obtained. Thanks to this, the frame is obtained without too bright or dark areas, that is, it is balanced.

Bokeh is a background blur effect. This is usually fixed lenses with a large aperture

Body is a camera that comes with lens not included. Sometimes this also means the body of the camera from which the lens was removed.

Bokeh - blurring the background of the photo. Since bokeh cannot be measured or measured, it is judged by the amount of blur, colorfulness, and background swirling. The vast majority of bokeh is the prerogative of lenses< /a> with a fixed focal length and a large aperture. But a lot also depends on the size of the camera's matrix.

Hot shoe or just a shoe - a connector in the upper end of the camera, designed to connect an external flash, synchronizer, etc... Many manufacturers divide them into types, so for the most part they are incompatible with each other, although they are physically the same.

Hot shoe - standard connector for connecting external flash, synchronizer and so on.

Short end — designation of the minimum possible focal length for a particular lens. For example, for an 18-55mm lens, this would be 18mm.

Long end is the designation of the maximum possible focal length for a particular lens. For example, for an 18-55 mm lens it will be 55 mm.

DOF - depth of field, a visible sharp line. In practice, it may look like this: the model's face is sharp, clear, but her hair is already blurry. Everything that is beyond this zone of sharpness is usually called bokeh.

Pear is an accessory that is used to purge the camera body. Often used when dust gets on the matrix or focusing screen.

Aperture - the same as the aperture.

Hare - parasitic reflection of light on the lenses of the lens, and as a result - in the photograph. Some lenses suffer greatly from this, others do not. It is easy to catch a hare if the light from the sun hits the front lens of the lens.

SLR or SLR camera — a camera that uses mirrors in its design.

SLR cameras are most commonly used in professional photography. However, we already wrote about what determines whether a camera belongs to professional equipment in the article “How does a professional camera differ from an amateur one?”

Zoom - zoom. There is optical and digital. The first is possible due to the shift of the lenses inside the lens, the second is implemented using digital zoom, which, in fact, is not a zoom, but simply an increase in the pixels of the finished image. Also, zoom can sometimes mean a lens in which it is possible to change the focal length, for example, 18-55 mm.

Graphite pencil is used to clean optics from grease

Pencil - graphite pencil which is used to cleaning optics from grease.

Kit — lens that comes with the camera. Most often, this is the best lens that covers the maximum range of focal lengths that a beginner needs and at the same time costs little enough to easily part with it when switching to a more advanced model. The most famous models come with focal lengths of 18-55 mm, 18-105 mm, 18-135 mm.

Crop - any matrix lenses, but also applies to cameras.

Soap - An unsharp or foggy shot. Soap is usually called a frame in which there is no clear focus on the subject. But soap is also called standard frames for not very high-quality optics, emphasizing the unsuitability of optics for professional shooting. Therefore, when they say that the lens is soapy, they mean its weak resolution and, as a result, low final sharpness.

Soap box — matrix and fixed optics. In the early 80s, this definition was given to compact film cameras, the shape of which very much resembled a bar of soap. This definition then migrated to entry-level digital compact cameras.

Dandelion - a special adapter from the old M42 mount on modern mounts. The main feature of dandelion is the ability to confirm focusing for those lenses where this is not provided. For those who love old optics, this adapter will come in handy more than ever. In addition, if you are the owner of a camera from Pentax or Sony, then the presence of matrix stabilization built into the camera plus dandelion will make old lenses a great alternative to expensive new counterparts from built-in stabilization. As you know, digital cameras become obsolete in a couple of years, while lenses can be inherited.

A screwdriver is an autofocus drive that is built into camera body. When choosing a lens with autofocus, a model with a “screwdriver” will save a lot of money without losing quality. In addition, such lenses are often more compact and lighter than their counterparts built-in motor. Unfortunately, the screwdriver is available only for semi-professional and professional models of cameras from Nikon or Sony, as well as for all Pentax cameras. Also note that older optics often support this type of autofocus, so you can get a fully autofocus lens with a unique pattern. Nikon labels these lenses as AF, Pentax labels them as FA, and some DA models.

The 50mm prime is one of the top three most popular. Read: "5 low-cost fixed lenses"

< b>Fifty dollars - fixed focal length lens in 50 mm. In the people it is also called piglet. One of the three most popular lens fix of all times and peoples .

Polarik — polarization filter. Indispensable when shooting landscapes near the water or shooting the sky. Everything you need to know about light filters you can read in our article "Light filters in digital photography".

Picking< /b> is the English version of the name of the contour enhancement function. It is mainly used for lenses with manual focus and will be useful for lovers of Live View mode.

Duster shaker is a system built into the camera matrix cleaning. Relevant for SLR and mirrorless cameras, since changing lenses is allowed.

Puff - colloquially, the usual flash. It can be built-in or external.

Boots - this is how photographers call the company's products Canon.

Everything you need to know about color filters in one material

Aperture is a parameter that indicates the ability of the lens to pass light through itself. When they say that the lens is fast, they mean that it has outstanding parameters in the field of light transmission. The simplest fast lens has aperture f/2.8, good the indicator will be aperture f/ 1.8 – f/ 1.4, the best of the best boast f/1.2 – f/0.7.

Soft is a softening effect that is most often used in portrait photography. It is done with special softening filters or at the programme level (photo editor) . Also pay attention to the article “Tips for a beginner photographer: how to take a portrait”.

Stub – < a href="/ek-list.php?brands_=&presets_=285&colors_=&subkatalogs_=&katalog_=206&series_=&years_=&minPrice_=0&maxPrice_=0&order_=pop">image stabilization. It happens both optical (OIS, VR, etc....), and matrix or electronic. Depending on the type and place of application, the efficiency may also change, and in one direction or another.

Stop is the exposure step. Exposure has three components: shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. One stop is a twofold change in the amount of light hitting the camera's matrix. This issue was discussed in more detail in the article Advice for a beginner photographer: what you need to know about the camera.

Glass - this is often understood as lens, in the world of photography these are equivalent synonyms.

TV, telephoto - a lens with multiple zoom. They boast impressive focal lengths and are more commonly used for shooting distant nature, sports events, and portraits.

Telephoto lenses are more often used for shooting distant nature, sports events and portraits

Carcass - a designation similar to a body, but if a body is more often a complete set, then a carcass is just a disassembled camera without a lens. Only the camera itself is meant.

Fix - any lens whose focal length does not change, like these models. If zoom is a change in focal length, then fix is its antonym.

Fishai is a lens with a fisheye effect. Usually these are models with a very short focal length (6-12 mm), covering the maximum viewing angle (160°-180°) and having a characteristic convex distortion at the edges of the frame. As an example, hover over these models.

Full Frame - full frame. This is the name of cameras that use a reference matrix (35 mm). Often this phrase can be heard about lenses, but in this case it means that the lens is designed for cameras with a 35 mm matrix.

ХА - chromatic aberrations. A special parasitic color distortion that occurs when shooting dark objects (usually small ones) against a bright background.

Trunk is a lens whose front lens moves when focusing. This refers to models that change the position of the front lenses and their movement is outward. Often advanced models have internal focus.

Wide - a lens with a wide field of view, but without obvious distortion at the edges of the frame. Lenses can be divided into wide angle or ultra wide angle models. The first ones start around 18 mm, the second ones - 12-16 mm (depending on the characteristics)

Shake is an unsharp photograph, distortions in which appeared due to camera shake. Most often this happens when you shoot with your hands. Sometimes you can get some movement when shooting with a tripod, if you do not turn off the stabilization built into the camera / lens.

Noise reduction - a programme / function for noise reduction in photographs. Noise refers to the characteristic grain that occurs either from overheating of the matrix or from high ISO settings.