Photography Learning Center

All these items you'll find in our Tutorials

Abbreviations

•   A
•   B - C
•   D - I
•   J - N
•   N -S
•   S - Z

Aperture

•   The basics
•   The pitfalls
•   Manual settings
•   Depth of  field

Batteries

•   Battery basics
•   Battery pitfalls
•   (Quick) chargers
•   Battery life

Color concepts

•   The basics
•   The pitfalls
•   Filters
•   Gamma settings
•   Histograms
•   White balance

Connectivity

•   The basics

Distance of subject

•   The basics
•   The pitfalls
•   Digital zoom
•   Depth of field
•   Macro mode
•   Optical zoom
•   Tele mode
•   Wide mode

Digital aspects

•   Digital zoom, a bonus
•   Digital zoom, poor man's
•   Focal length Multiplier
•   Image stabilization
•   Noise reduction
•   Sharpening & softening
•   White balance

Exposure

•   The basics
•   The pitfalls
•   Auto bracketing
•   Compensation
•   Dynamic Range
•   Exposure values (EV)
•   ISO Sensitivity
•   Manual shutter setting
•   Metering modes
•   Scene modes
•   Shutter Technique

File formats

•   The basics
•   BMP / RAW
•   TIFF / GIF
•   JPEG / GIF
•   DPOF / EXIF
•   Windows Media photo
•   Video formats

Flash & lighting

•   The basics
•   The pitfalls
•   Flash types
•   Flash modes
•   Output compensation
•   Special flash units

Focus

•   The basics
•   The pitfalls
•   Auto focus assist lamp
•   Depth of  field

Human aspects

•   Your eyes & resolution
•   Your eyes and color
•   Seeing with your brain

Image correction

•   Barrel effect correction
•   Pincushion correction
•   Perspective correction
•   Noise reduction

Image distortion

•   Artifacts
•   Barrel & pincushion
•   Blooming effect
•   Chromatic aberration
•   Jaggies & noise
•   JPEG quality levels

Image enhancement

•   The basics
•   Color
•   Contrast
•   Sharpen & soften
•   Special effects

Image sensors

•   CCD / CMOS
•   SuperCCD (Fuji)
•   JFET LBCAST (Nikon)
•   Effective & image pixels
•   Image resolution
•   Protection & cleaning

Lenses & optics

•   The basics
•   The pitfalls
•   Macro mode
•   Optical distortion
•   Optical zoom
•   Protection & cleaning
•   Tele lenses
•   Wide ange lenses

Photographic themes

•   The basics
•   Architecture
•   Composition
•   Landscape
•   Portraits

Photographic techniques

•   Panorama pictures
•   Perspective
•   Stereo photography
•   Subject distance

Printers & printing

•   Printer types
•   Printer resolution
•   Paper types & quality
•   Albums/web sharing
•   Print services
•   Vulnerability / protection

Printing alternatives

•   TV or beamer show
•   CD DVD show
•   Web distribution/sharing

Software

•   The basics

Storage media

•   The basics
•   The pitfalls
•   SmartMedia card
•   CompactFlash card
•   Sony Memory Stick
•   Multi MediaCard
•   xD-Picture card
•   Media Comparison Chart
•   Hitachi microdrive
•   Digital wallets
•   Cheap solutions

Time & timing

•   Burst mode timings
•   Focus lagtime
•   Self timer option
•   Start-up time
•   Time lapse option

Viewfinders

•   The basics
•   The pitfalls
•   Optical viewfinder
•   Electronic viewfinder
•   Liquid Cristal Display