Tooltip Categories: Equipment

Angle of View

Angle of View is a specification used to describe how ‘wide’ a lens can view a scene. A […]

Quiet Shutter mode is an option in some professional cameras to lesson the amount of noise that the […]

A Meter is a device in your camera that helps you calculate the best exposure for the scene. […]

Diopter is a measurement usually used for eyesight correction. If you have reading glasses, you will have a […]

Bounce Light refers to a method of bouncing light (usually flash) off another surface before it reaches your […]

FX is a Nikon term for their full frame sensor cameras. This is to keep them from being […]

DX is a Nikon term for their APS-C format cameras. DX cameras and lenses will have this designation […]

XQD is a newer (2012) type of memory card designed to be faster than the SD and CF […]

CF refers to a type of memory card called “Compact Flash”. CF cards are larger than SD cards.

SD refers to a type of memory card. The SD is an acronym for “Secure Digital”. SD cards […]

OLED is an acronym for Organic Light-Emitting Diode. These are very similar to LEDs, but are a newer […]

LED is an acronym for Light-Emitting Diode. LEDs are used for display screens and viewfinders in digital cameras. […]

4K is an newer ultra high resolution video format. The “4K” refers to the 4096 pixels across that […]

16:9 is a common aspect ratio used in video. It refers to the proportions of 16 units across […]

FPS is an acronym for Frames Per Second and refers to the number of frames (images) shown per […]

720p is a popular high definition resolution video format. The name refers to 720 rows of pixels that […]