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telephoto/super telephoto lens |
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| Lenses whose focal length is longer than 50mm. Such lenses are effective for shooting faraway subjects, making them look closer. They also have a narrow depth of field, making the background blur look nicer. |
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| Small images shown on the camera's LCD monitor or personal computer screen serving as a visual index to images. |
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| The condition when the amount of light received is less than what the correct exposure requires. The image looks darker than the photographed scene as perceived by the human eye. |
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| Optical device enabling you to see what's being photographed. With a digital SLR camera, The light from the subject passes through the lens and reaches the eyepiece lens via the reflex mirror and prism. The scene can thereby be viewed through the viewfinder. |
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| Regardless of the type of lighting, the white areas should look white. To this end, white balance adjusts the color balance electronically. Digital cameras have a feature called auto white balance (AWB) which does this color balance adjustment automatically. Otherwise the user can set the white balance manually to suit the type of lighting such as daylight or fluorescent light. |
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| Lenses whose focal length is shorter than 50 mm. Since wide-angle lenses can cover a wider area of the scene and emphasize perspective, they are ideal for shooting landscapes and indoors. |
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