Toshiba PDR-M70 instruction manual Glossary, 137

Glossary

●AF/AE

AF (auto-focus) ··· A function for automatically focusing your camera.

AE ··· A function for automatically setting your camera’s exposure.

AF/AE lock ··· Locking of the focus and exposure settings.

●DPOF (Digital Print Order Format)

A standard for directly writing print information to the SmartMedia™. Files in this format can be printed easily by printers or photo print service bureaus that support this format.

●DCF (Design rule for Camera File System)

A file system standard defined by the JEIDA (Japan Electronic Industry Development Association) that is required for exchanging data between digital still cameras or a digital camera and a printer. This standard defines the hierarchy and file names used when storing image files on memory cards or other recording medium.

●Exif File Format (Exchangeable Image File Format) A color still image format for digital still cameras approved by the JEIDA (Japan Electronic Industry Development Association). JPEG-compliant, this format is compatible with TIFF and JPEG and can be used in image processing software for most personal computers.

●JPEG

A file format used for compressing and saving color images. The compression ratio can be selected, but the higher the compression ratio, the worse image quality becomes. This format is widely used in the paint software for PCs and on the Internet.

●NTSC (National Television System Committee) Method of television transmission in use in Japan and North America

●PAL (Phase Alternate Line)

Method of television transmission in use in the United Kingdom, Germany and other western European countries

●PC Card

A generic term for cards that meet the PC Card Standard.

●Red-Eye Effect

The phenomenon where people’s eyes sometimes appear red in the picture when you use a flash to photograph them in low-light conditions. This is caused by the light of the flash reflecting off the inside of the eye.

●White Balance

When the brightness of the light changes, the human eye adapts so that a white object still looks white. On the other hand, devices such as digital still cameras see a white subject as white by first adjusting the balance to suit the color of the ambient light around the subject. This adjustment process is referred to as matching the white balance.

Ready	Getting
Photographs	Taking
Back Images	Playing
Images	Erasing
Functions	Handy
Applications	Other
Information	Additional

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