Glossary - Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n User Manual

Glossary

AE (Automatic Exposure)
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Continuous Servo AF
Depth of field
Drive mode
EV
Exposure bracketing
April 29, 2004
Used to hold an automatically controlled shutter speed and/or aperture.
Recommended when you want to control an exposure based on a scene's
particular brightness area with Center-Weighted or Spot Metering.
Focus detection continues as long as the shutter release button is lightly
pressed and the reflex mirror is in the viewing position. Useful when the
camera-to-subject distance is likely to change.
The zone of sharpest focus in front of, behind, and around the subject; can
be previewed.
Drive mode determines whether one or more images are captured when
you are pressing the Shutter Release button. There are two automatic Drive
modes: Single frame and Continuous shooting.
(Exposure Value) A number representing the available combinations of
shutter speeds and apertures that give the same exposure effect under
conditions of similar scene brightness and ISO.
At ISO 100, the combination of a one-second shutter speed and an aperture
of f/1.4 is defined as EV1.
You must use the camera only within the EV range of the exposure meter.
Shooting the same subject using a range of different exposures. Your
camera provides Auto Exposure Bracketing/Flash Exposure Bracketing.
Auto Exposure Bracketing: Auto Exposure Bracketing performs
automatic exposure bracketing with varied shutter speed and/or aperture.
Flash Exposure Bracketing: Enables you to automatically bracket
exposures at varied flash output levels, in TTL auto flash shooting, without
changing the shutter speed and/or aperture.
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