AF-S - AF Silent?? Servo??
IS = VR
EF = F (mount ito right?)
FD = ED
USM = Ultrasonic motor
L = ? basta lahat ng letra kasama pro lens na ED, IF, AFS, VR
Bokeh = "the Japanese-originated concept of the
difference between out of focus areas of an image due to lens design." Blurred background
OOF = Out Of Focus
DOF = Depth Of Field
wide end = widest focal length of your zoom lens
long end = farthest focal length of your zoom lens
wide open = biggest opening "aperture"
MTF = Modulation Transfer Function aka "spatial frequency response" (chart/graphs used in evaluating lenses)
FTM = Full Time Manual (you can manually focus while in AF mode)
EX - high quality finish
DG - large aperture lenses with short focusing distance, suitable for both film and digital SLRs
DC - for digital cameras
ASP - aspherical lens element used
APO - apochromatic, using SLD (super low dispersion) glass. APO lenses usually have a red ring on the lens.
OS - Optical stabilizer analogous to canon IS, Nikon VR
HSM - high speed motor - ultrasonic motor similar to canon USM motor
RF - rear focus, rear lens element moves for faster and silent focusing
IF - inner lens group moves when focusing, lens barel does not change in length. similar to canon IF
AF-autofocus drive from camera body
AF-S silent wave motor in lens
IF-internal focusing
D-focus info passed to camera
G-no aperture ring on lens
ED-high quality glass
VR-vibration reduction
DX-digital camera only (not full frame)
MLU-mirror lockup
FEC-flash exposure compensation
AF-autofocus
ISO-International Standard Organization???
WB-white balance
DR-Dynamic Range
PP-post-process
PS---Photoshop
PSP--Paint Shop Pro

ED - (Nikon) Extra-Low Dispersion --> Glass that supposedly minimizes chromatic aberration
D - (Nikon) Communicates focus distance information to camera body

Also, Nikon sometimes uses the term SWM for the "Silent Wave Motor" technology behind its AF-S lenses, similar to Canon's USM.

L - As far as I know, Nikon does not have a direct counterpart to Canon's "L." The L supposedly means "luxury" (according to this (http://photonotes.org/articles/beginner-faq/lenses.html)) as these lenses are Canon's best. They have at least one fluorite crystal element, one ground aspherical element (harder to make than other molded aspherical elements), OR one ultra-low dispersion glass element.

How about image format acronyms?

JPEG - Joint photographic experts' group
TIFF - Tagged image file format
GIF - Graphics interchange format
PNG - Portable Network Graphics (or a recursive acronym for PNG's Not GIF)

NEF - Nikon Electronic Format
CRW - Canon RAW
DNG - Digital Negative

--Edit: Additional Nikon lens specifications:

DC - Defocus control. Lens allows user to control how out-of-focus areas appear (bokeh)
PC - Perspective control. Lens allows user to adjust perspective/vanishing point (good for architecture, etc). I think Canon's equivalent is the "TS" specification (for tilt-shift)

Feel free to make corrections if anything's inaccurate. Hope this helps.

Smashing Willy! Nicely compiled Bro.! :) Kudos!

To add: Bokeh is actually a Japanese word meaning out of focus; as well as a couple of other non-photographic things... :)

thanks for the info willy...this would definitely help newbies like me :Grin:

Just got a few from reading about Minolta lenses....

APO
Apochromatic correction using AD elements. Mostly used on tele primes and zooms.

HS-APO
APO with higher-speed electronics and gearing. Some of the long tele primes were released after the other APO tele primes were updated to HS-APO, so they don't have a non-HS predecessor. Also, the latest SSM lenses are again only called "APO".

(D)
Distance encoder, used for ADI flash, matrix metering in MF mode and DOF display. All D lenses currently also feature a wider focus ring. With some the focus ring does not rotate in AF mode (see table).

DT
"Digital Technology", image circle adapted to APS-C digital SLRs. Can not be used with full-frame cameras.

G
Minolta's high quality lenses, featuring a large maximum aperture, AD elements, high build quality, circular aperture, aspheric elements, floating focusing.

SSM
In-lens ultra-sonic motor. Compatible only with the 7 and later bodies, plus the 9 after a firmware upgrade. Not compatible with series I and II converters.

xi
Motorized zoom controlled by the body or by the photographer (power-assisted manual zoom). Auto-zoom only works on xi bodies with assorted chip cards. Manual zoom must be used on bodies after the xi series. Does not work on pre-xi bodies.

just add some more if you know/ have other systems. Thanks

Thanks Willy. I discovered stuff I didn't know. :)

Nice thread, Willy. Let me contribute a few bird shooting lingo (off the top of my head):

BIF - bird in flight
TC - teleconverter
BB - Better Beamer flash extender
Lifer - short for lifebird (the first instance when a birder sees or photographs a particular specie)
CS - camera shake
FL - focal length
Bins - binoculars
100% crop - a crop of the pic seen at actual pixel size on the monitor
PP - post processing
KF - Kingfisher
FKF - an expletive one utters when the KF flies before being captured ...:D

Romy

Wow! This is great! Thanks for sharing Willy and Romy! :)

Wow! This is great! Thanks for sharing Willy and Romy! :)

Hi Orlando,

Looks like you hail from a beautiful place where I sometimes shoot water birds - Sta. Cruz, Zambales. Here are some birdies I got from there...:)

http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/sta_cruz030706

Romy

for all photographic words and meaning check out this site http://photonotes.org/dictionary/

for all photographic words and meaning check out this site http://photonotes.org/dictionary/

Manuel the site is too technical even the meaning i don't know :D

Cukaloris.A type of gobo
Entry last updated 2002-04-24. Term 296 of 1487.

very educative. tnx. :D

nice one sir! we should have more of these.... n_n

here's one useful link for jargons used here... hope it also helps-

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/:)

How about CDSC? what does it mean?

nice and helpful thread, especially for us beginners!

How about CDSC? what does it mean?
CDSC - Columbia Digital Sales Company

for all photographic words and meaning check out this site http://photonotes.org/dictionary/

I used the aforementioned link to search for the acronym EB to no avail.

I wish that we have a Glossary of Acronyms as used in the DPP forum(s).

Just my 2¢.

benrose

EB = eye ball or meeting or kita-kits

correction:
ISO's actual FORMAL name is the "International Organization for Standardization"

NIKON LENS GLOSSARY

ED
ED glass — an essential element of NIKKOR telephoto lenses Nikon developed ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass to enable the production of lenses that offer superior sharpness and color correction by minimizing chromatic aberration.

SIC
Nikon Super Integrated Coating ensures exceptional performance. To enhance the performance of its optical lens elements, Nikon employs an exclusive multilayer lens coating that helps reduce ghost and flare to a negligible level.

N
Nano Crystal Coat
Nano Crystal Coat is an antireflective coating that originated in the development of NSR-series (Nikon Step and Repeat) semiconductor manufacturing devices. It virtually eliminates internal lens element reflections across a wide range of wavelengths, and is particularly effective in reducing ghost and flare peculiar to ultra-wideangle lenses.

ASP
Aspherical lens elements
Nikon introduced the first photographic lens with aspherical lens elements in 1968. What sets them apart? Aspherical lenses virtually eliminate the problem of coma and other types of lens aberration — even when used at the widest aperture. They are particularly useful in correcting the distortion in wideangle lenses. In addition, use of aspherical lenses contributes to a lighter and smaller lens design.

CRC
Close-Range Correction system
The Close-Range Correction (CRC) system is one of Nikon’s most important focusing innovations, for it provides superior picture quality at close focusing distances and increases the focusing range. With CRC, the lens elements are configured in a "floating element" design wherein each lens group moves independently to achieve focusing. This ensures superior lens performance even when shooting at close distances. The CRC system is used in fisheye, wideangle, Micro, and selected medium telephoto NIKKOR lenses.

IF
Internal Focusing (IF)
Imagine being able to focus a lens without it changing in size. Nikon’s IF technology enables just that. All internal optical movement is limited to the interior of the nonextending lens barrel. This allows for a more compact, lightweight construction as well as a closer focusing distance.

RF
Rear Focusing (RF)
With Nikon’s Rear Focusing (RF) system, all the lens elements are divided into specific lens groups, with only the rear lens group moving for focusing. This makes autofocusing operation smoother and faster.

DC
AF DC-NIKKOR lenses — unique NIKKOR lenses for unique portraits
AF DC-NIKKOR lenses feature exclusive Nikon Defocus-image Control technology. This allows photographers to control the degree of spherical aberration in the foreground or background by rotating the lens’ DC ring. This will create a rounded out-of-focus blur that is ideal for portrait photography. No other lenses in the world offer this special technique.

D
Distance information
D-type and G-type NIKKOR lenses relay subject-to-camera distance information to AF Nikon camera bodies. This then makes possible advances like 3D Matrix Metering and 3D Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash.

G
G-type NIKKOR
The G-type NIKKOR has no aperture ring; aparture should be selected from camera body.

SWM
Silent Wave Motor
Nikon’s AF-S technology is yet another reason professional photographers like NIKKOR telephoto lenses. AF-S NIKKOR lenses feature Nikon’s SWM which converts "traveling waves" into rotational energy to focus the optics. This enables high-speed autofocusing that’s extremely accurate and super quiet.

M/A
M/A mode
AF-S NIKKOR lenses feature Nikon’s exclusive M/A mode, that allows switching from autofocus to manual operation with virtually no time lag — even during AF servo operation and regardless of AF mode in use.

VR
Vibration Reduction (VR)
This innovative VR system minimizes image blur caused by camera shake, and offers the equivalent of shooting at a shutter speed three stops (eight times) faster. It allows handheld shooting at dusk, at night, and even in poorly lit interiors. The lens’ VR system also detects automatically when the photographer pans — no special mode is required.

DX
DX NIKKOR
Compact and lightweight DX NIKKOR lenses featuring a smaller image circle are specially designed and optimized for Nikon D2-series, D1-series, D100 and D70s/D70 digital SLR cameras. These are ideal options for landscape photographers and others who need to shoot expansive scenes with Nikon DX-Format digital SLRs.

how about OT? What does this mean? Senior DPP users usually use this acronym but I know what it means. hehhe.

how about OT? What does this mean? Senior DPP users usually use this acronym but I know what it means. hehhe.

OT= out of topic. :)

OT= out of topic. :)

Thanks man. My bad, probably need some time to unwind and relax after work(stress is getting into my nerves)

EB = eye ball or meeting or kita-kits

Thank you so much.

benrose

BTT = Back to topic :)

Me thinks this thread should be 'sticky'-ied. Very useful indeed.

BTS = Behind the scene or Before The Shoot

how about OT? What does this mean? Senior DPP users usually use this acronym but I know what it means. hehhe.

OT = Out of Topic or Off Topic

Just to add:
VC = Vibration Compensation (for Tamron)

It's the same as VR (Nikon) and IS (Canon)

Add ko rin, things i picked up in this forum

IQ = image quality
ET = Extension tubes
TC = TeleCOnverter
PP = Post Process
USM = UnSHarp Mask
UWA = Ultra Wide Angle
GN = Guide Number / Flash Power / Reach
CPL = Circular Polarizer
UV = Ultra Violet Filter

the first one i've picked up in this forum

DPP - Digital Photographer Philippines :D
as in 'welcome to DPP!' hehehe

seriously, anyone knows what ISO (in photography) really mean?
or its not an acronym?

I think ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization..

sana cmpile na lang in one post

...which was ASA/ DIN before when film was teh norm :)

the first one i've picked up in this forum

DPP - Digital Photographer Philippines :D
as in 'welcome to DPP!' hehehe

seriously, anyone knows what ISO (in photography) really mean?
or its not an acronym?

International Standards Organization = ISO

From wikipedia:


Current ISO system

The current International Standard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard) for measuring the speed of colour negative film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_print_film) is called ISO 5800:1987[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-0) from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization). Related standards ISO 6:1993[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-1) and ISO 2240:2003[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-2) define scales for speeds of black-and-white negative film and color reversal film. This system defines both an arithmetic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic) and a logarithmic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic) scale, combining the previously separate ASA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Standards_Association) and DIN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN)[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-manual-3) systems.



@Cherry: Yes, they are the ones who makes the standards for a lot of things.:)

From wikipedia:


Current ISO system

The current International Standard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard) for measuring the speed of colour negative film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_print_film) is called ISO 5800:1987[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-0) from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization). Related standards ISO 6:1993[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-1) and ISO 2240:2003[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-2) define scales for speeds of black-and-white negative film and color reversal film. This system defines both an arithmetic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic) and a logarithmic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic) scale, combining the previously separate ASA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Standards_Association) and DIN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN)[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-manual-3) systems.



@Cherry: Yes, they are the ones who makes the standards for a lot of things.:)


hehe! thanks romyr!:) *nosebleed when i was reading about the standardization..:D

From wikipedia:


Current ISO system

The current International Standard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard) for measuring the speed of colour negative film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_print_film) is called ISO 5800:1987[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-0) from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization). Related standards ISO 6:1993[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-1) and ISO 2240:2003[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-2) define scales for speeds of black-and-white negative film and color reversal film. This system defines both an arithmetic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic) and a logarithmic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic) scale, combining the previously separate ASA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Standards_Association) and DIN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN)[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed#cite_note-manual-3) systems.



@Cherry: Yes, they are the ones who makes the standards for a lot of things.:)


An addition for this..

The term ISO (what used to be known as ASA (http://en.mimi.hu/photography/asa.html)) is used to measure the speed (http://en.mimi.hu/photography/speed.html) of photograph (http://en.mimi.hu/photography/photograph.html)ic film (http://en.mimi.hu/photography/film.html)/digital (http://en.mimi.hu/photography/digital.html)capture (http://en.mimi.hu/photography/capture.html) device.

:)

O yeah i forget..............

A stand (http://en.mimi.hu/photography/stand.html)ard defined by the International Organization for Standardization (http://en.mimi.hu/photography/international_organization_for_standardization.htm l). The term ISO comes from the Greek "isos" meaning "equal".

PP = Post Padding :D
TFS = thanks for sharing
EVIL camera= Electronic Viewfinder, Interchangeable Lens.

What is SOOC?

SOOC is "Straight Out Of Camera (not Photoshopped)"

what is?

AFAIK=?
IMHO=?
IMO=?
TFS=?
TIA=?
MOD=?

what is?

AFAIK=?
IMHO=?
IMO=?
TFS=?
TIA=?
MOD=?

as far as i know
in my humble opinion
in my opinion
thanks for sharing
thanks in advance
mod - moderator? hehe. i don't know po. :Grin:

the most important.......NSFW, for pics which are considered as "rated r"

"Not Suitable For Work" daw....

why that term. i don't know why.......:D

thanks for this!

I'm not sure if you DPP guys use this, but there is this dubious acronym being used in other forums so here it is.

BBB - Buy Buy Buy

BBB virus - a syndrome to buy the best available photographic equipment at all times.

So beware of the BBB virus! :)

LBA = Lens Buying Addiction

the most important.......NSFW, for pics which are considered as "rated r"

"Not Suitable For Work" daw....

why that term. i don't know why.......:D

Coz it's illegal to browse pictures of naked woman at work hence "Not Suitable" or "Not safe" For Work. :Grin:

How about OEM? Stumbled upon it many times in forums. :D

Original Equipment Manufacturer

RTFM- Read The F@cking Manual.

CLS - Creative Lighting System
TTL - Through the lens

08-09-2011

LMDO - Laughing My Dentures Out :D

benrose

ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing :)