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Digital camera

Any camera that captures images electronically rather than on a reel of film.

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Film

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

A piece of plastic with a light sensitive mixture spread on it.

Film processing

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

The process where chemicals remove the unexposed silver on the film, then fix or stop the developing process and stop the negative's sensitivity to light. Now with PowerShot digital cameras, you are ...

Film speed

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

The film's sensitivity to light. For example, an ISO 100 film requires twice as much light as an ISO 200 film.

Focal length

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

The distance from the rear model plane of a lens to the focus when the lens is focused at the infinity position.

Fringing

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

This occurs when a digital image is artificially sharpened. The term usually refers to a white fringe that is apparent on the edges of objects in the picture. Fringing can also occur as a result of ...

F-stop

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

The number assigned to a particular lens aperture (or opening) size.

GIF

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Graphic InterFace designed by CompuServe for using images on line. This is a 256 colour or 8 bit image.

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