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lightPainting
November 11th, 2013, 05:12 AM
Glass- another word for lenses

spray & pray- a phrase to describe the action of motor driving

fast lens - a lens with an aperture of f/2 or below

golden hour- during sun rise or sun set, when the sun light has to travel longer through earth's atmosphere, creating a golden-ish light

Pixel Peeping- to zoom in 100% in a photo on the computer screen to check the details

are there any that you know of?

AvMan
November 11th, 2013, 04:42 PM
Nifty 50 - 50mm Prime lens

Bokeh - used to describe the quality of the out-of-focus areas in an image

Only other two i know!

Tim95
November 14th, 2013, 11:08 AM
thanx for the info

pamela1
November 15th, 2013, 10:44 AM
Wide open - smallest f-stop number/widest aperture

I've got other ones but I've been having brain fart syndrome lately :P