Glossary - FujiFilm FINEPIX S1500 Owner's Manual

Glossary
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Digital z oom:Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom does not increasetile amount of visible detail. Instead,details vis-
ible using optical zoom are simply enlarged, producing a slightly "grainy" image•
DPOF (Digital Print Order Format):A standard that allows pictures to be printed from "print orders" stored _mll_ °
in internal memory or on a memory card• The information in the order includes the pictures to be
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printed and the number of c opies of e ach picture opoF
EV(Exposure Value):The exposure value is determined by the sensitivity of the image sensor and the
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amount of light that enters the camera while the image sensor isexposed• Eachtime the amount of light doubles,
EVincreasesby one; each time the amount of light is halved, EVdecreases by one. The amount of light entering
the camera carl be controlled by adjusting aperture and shutter speed•
ExifPrint:A standard that allows information stored with pictures to be used for optimal color reproduction dur-
,ng p rinting
JREG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): A compressed file format for color images• The higher the compression
rate, the g reater tile loss of,nformat,on and more not,ceable drop ,n qual,ty when the p,cture ,s d,splayed
Motion JPEG: An AVI(Audio Video Interleave)format that stores sound and JPEG images in a single file. Motion JPEG
files carl be played _n W _ndows Med_a Player <requires %rectX 80 or late0 or Q u_ckT_me 30 or later
Smear: A phenomenorl specific to CCDswhich causeswhite streaksto appear when very bright light sources,such
asthe sun or reflected sunlight appear in the frame•
wAv <Waveform *ud_o Format): * standard W_ndows audio file format. WSV files h ave the extension "_.WSV" and
may be compressed or uncompressed. The camera uses uncompressed WAV. WAVfiles carl be played using
Windows Media Playeror QuickTime 3.0 or later•
Whitebalance: The human brain automatically adapts to changes in the color of light with the result that objects
that appear white under one light source still appear white when the color of the light source changes. Digital
cameras carl mimic this adjustment by processing images according to the color of the Iight source• This process
is known as "white balance."