recharged many times. NiMH batteries provide sufficient power to run digital cameras and flashes.
Online photo printer A company that receives digital photos uploaded to its Web site, prints them, then sends the prints back by mail or courier.
Panning | A photography technique in which the camera follows a moving |
| subject. Done correctly, the subject is sharp and clear, while the |
| background is blurred, giving a sense of motion to the photo. |
Pixel | Picture Element: digital photographs are comprised of thousands |
| or millions of them; they are the building blocks of a digital photo. |
RAW | The RAW image format is the data as it comes directly off the |
| CCD, with no |
The red glow from a subject's eyes caused by light from a flash | |
| reflecting off the blood vessels behind the retina in the eye. The |
| effect is most common when light levels are low, outdoor at night, |
| or indoor in a |
RGB | Red, Green, Blue: the three colors to which the human visual |
| system, digital cameras and many other devices are sensitive. |
Saturation | How rich the colors are in a photo. |
Sensitivity | See ISO speed. |
Serial | A method for connecting an external device such as a printer, |
| scanner, or camera, to a computer. It has been all but replaced by |
| USB and FireWire in modern computers. |
Sharpness | The clarity of detail in a photo. |
Shutter speed | The camera's shutter speed is a measurement of how long its |
| shutter remains open as the picture is taken. The slower the |
| shutter speed, the longer the exposure time. When the shutter |
| speed is set to 1/125 or simply 125, this means that the shutter |
| will be open for exactly 1/125th of one second. The shutter speed |
| and aperture together control the total amount of light reaching |
| the sensor. Some digital cameras have a shutter priority mode |
| that allows you to set the shutter speed to your liking. See also |
| aperture. |
SmartMedia™ | A |
| memory based storage medium. |
Thumbnail | A small version of a photo. Image browsers commonly display |
| thumbnails of photos several or even dozens at a time. In |
| Windows XP's My Pictures, you can view thumbnails of photos in |
| both the Thumbnails and Filmstrip view modes. |
USB | Universal Serial Bus: a protocol for transferring data to and from |
| digital devices. Many digital cameras and memory card readers |
| connect to the USB port on a computer. USB card readers are |
| typically faster than cameras or readers that connect to the serial |
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