This is mostly for photographers since they rarely read the manual that comes with a camera.
As photography gained more technology over the past 15 years or so, it also gained a lot of acronyms.
TTL flash mode – Try This for Luck
P exposure mode – Prayer mode. Pray it works when the light is constantly changing.
M exposure mode – you Mostly know what you’re doing.
RAW format – Repair After Writing
JPEG format – Just Pretty Enough Graphic
ISO setting – Intelligent Sunlight Option. Need more sunlight? Just dial it in with the ISO.
In the old days, photographers would focus by turning the lens barrel back and forth, with their fingers. This required a lot of skill and practice to master. When today’s photographers have to focus a lens, do they rotate the lens barrel back and forth until sharp? Ha! As iF ! They reach for the AF button. AF has two settings, C and S:
C – Continually out-of-focus
S – Slightly out-of-focus
Also back in the old days, photographers would measure the colour of light with a specialized colour meter, and then filter their lens or lights, to match the film with the colour of that light. Today’s photographers use the WB button: Why Bother.
A few computer terms to know:
RGB – Really Good Bet
CMYK – Colour Management You Know nothing about
LAB – Left Alone is Best
USM – User Sucks Mode. If an image needs lots of USM, now you know why.
PPI – Photo Price Index – the higher the PPI, the more you can charge for that photo.
Which is not to be confused with:
DPI – Digital Print Index – the higher the DPI, the more you can charge for that digital print.
I’m sure there are more photo acronyms that need explaining.
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