Ff

See also Flange focal length.

FIT

Frame Interline Transfer. A type of CCD imager featuring substantially reduced vertical smear.

Flange focal length

The distance from the plane of the lens mounting flange to the image focal plane. Abbreviated to Ff.

Flare

Dark or colored flashes caused by signal overload through extreme light reflections of polished objects or very bright lights. As a result, the dark part of the image becomes bleached-looking.

Flicker

A Repeated change of brightness on the screen.

Genlock

Generator lock. To synchronize the pulse generator built into video equipment to an external reference (master) synch signal.

HAD

Hole-Accumulated Diode. A CCD sensor structure designed to suppress certain types of noise inherent to CCDs.

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