it has been asked a few times this week what some photography abreviations stand for this was found online by CBA100 at
http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/7634.aspx
The List...
A
A-DEP – Automatic Depth of Field
AE – Automatic Exposure
AEB – Auto-Exposure Bracketing
AF – Auto Focus. Click here to learn how to fool your digital camera's AF for sharper images.
AP (Nikon) – Aperture Priority
AV (Canon) - Aperture Priority
AS – Antishake. Click here for more information.
B
BMP - Also called Windows bitmap, click here to learn about this image file format.
BTL – Behind the Lens
B&W – Black and White
C
CCD – Charged Coupled Device: Click here to learn more about this image sensor technology.
CHDK - Canon Hackers Development Kit. Click here for a detailed explanation.
CMOS – Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS – Colour Management System
CMYK – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
CWB – Custom White Balance. Click here for more information.
D
DI – Digital Imaging
DOF – Depth of Field. Click here to learn more.
DP – Digital Photography
DPI – Dots per Inch. This article contains information on DPI.
DPOF – Digital Print Order Format
D-SLR or DSLR - Digital Single Lens Reflex
DZ – Digital Zoom. The difference between digital zoom and optical zoom is mentioned here.
E
EC – Exposure Compensation
ETTR - expose to the right
E-TTL -Evaluative Through The Lens
EV – Exposure Value
EVF – Electronic Viewfinder
EXIF – Exchangeable Image File Format. Click here for a detailed article on EXIF.
F
FEB – Flash Exposure Bracketing
FEC – Flash Exposure Compensation
FEL – Flash Exposure Lock
FF – Full Frame
FFS - When things go wrong
FOV – Field Of View
FPS – Frames per Second
G
GB – Gigabyte
GIF – Graphics Interchange Format. Click here to learn more.
H
HDR – High Dynamic Range
HSS – High Speed Sync
I
IF – Internal Focusing
IR – Infrared
IS – Image Stabilization
ISO – International Standards Organization. Understand ISO by reading this article.
IQ – Image Quality
J
JPEG or JPG – Joint Photographic Experts Group. Click here for more information.
K
KB - Kilobyte - 1024 of these go into 1mb
L
LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
LED – Light Emitting Diode
LTE – Long Time Exposure
M
M – Manual
MB – Megabyte
MF – Manual Focus
MLU – Mirror Lock-up
MMC – MultiMedia Card. Click here to read all about it.
MP – Megapixels. Click here for a more detailed explanation.
MS – Memory Stick. Refer to MMC for a more thorough explanation.
N
ND Filters - Neutral Density Filters (see also Graduated ND Filters)
NR – Noise Reduction
NS@W - Not Safe @ Work (Also NSFW = Not Safe For Work (to be seen in thread titles or infront of websites))
O
OCF - Off Camera Flash
OCR - Optical Character Recognition. More information seen here.
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
OOC – Out of Camera
OOF – Out of Focus
OTF – Off the Film
OVF – Optical Viewfinder
OZ – Optical Zoom. Within this article, you will find a brief explanation on what the difference between digital and optical zoom is.
P
P - Programmed auto-exposure
PIC – Picture
PICS or PIX - Pictures
PJ – Photojournalism or Photojournalist
PNG - Portable Network Graphics. Click here to learn more about this image file format.
PP – Post Processing
PPA – Professional Photographers of America
PPI – Pixels per Inch. Click here to learn more.
PQ - Picture Quality
PS – (Adobe) Photoshop
PSE – Photoshop Elements
PSP – Paintshop Pro. Here is a review of Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2.
Q
R
S
SD - Secure Digital: a memory card format for your digital camera.
SDHC- Secure Digital High Capacity. See SD for more information.
SLR – Single Lens Reflex: the same thing as a D-SLR, only referring to film cameras.
SOOC – Straight Out of Camera
SP – Shutter Priority. Click here for more information.
SS – Shutter Speed. Learn all about shutter speed by clicking here.
'SWMBO' - She Who Must Be Obeyed
T
Tb - Terabyte - 1024 gb
TFP - Time For Prints
TFCD - Time For CD
TIFF or TIF – Tagged Image File Format. Learn more here.
TTL – Through-the-lens
TV - Time Value
U
USB – Universal Serial Bus
USM – Unsharp Mask, also means Ultrasonic Motor
UWA – Ultra Wide Angle
V
VR – Vibration Reduction. Click here for more information on VR.
W
WA – Wide Angle
WB – White Balance. More information can be seen by clicking here.
WS – Watt-Second
X
Y
Z
Read more:
http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/7634.aspx#ixzz0xoQZDJ57
if you know of anymore let me know and i can edit this list
could a mod make this a sticky/move to the appropriate place if needed
thanks
Chris
