Chapter 19 Vocab

the part of the camera through which the light enters, is sharpened, and is transmitted to the film.

• lens

• aperture

• exposure

• f-stop

in the camera, the lens opening that controls how much light gets through the shutter.

• lens

• aperture

• exposure

• f-stop

in photography, the amount of light that strikes the film

• lens

• aperture

• exposure

• f-stop

a scale that indicates the aperture in numbers

• lens

• aperture

• exposure

• f-stop

in a camera, a scale that indicates the depth of field when the camera is focused on a subject at a particular f-stop

• depth of field

• shutter speed

• ISO

• flash-synch speed

in a camera, a scale that indicates how fast the shutter opens and closes, measured in fractions of a second.

• depth of field

• shutter speed

• ISO

• flash-synch speed

a standard measure of the speed of film.

• depth of field

• shutter speed

• ISO

• flash-synch speed

the fastest shutter speed that can be used with a flash to obtain a properly exposed picture

• depth of field

• shutter speed

• ISO

• flash-synch speed

having the light source behind the subject instead of behind the photographer

• backlighting

• digital camera

• darkroom

• lightbacking

transmits electronic images onto a disk for printing from a computer rather than on film

• backlighting

• digital camera

• darkroom

• lightbacking