Acronym List

[Mike_Up_North]

Well, here's the compiled list of your responses to my earlier thread. I am posting as a separate thread for easier reference.

100% crop = 1:1 crop, each pixel in the posted image is 1 original pixel
AE = Auto Exposure
AF = Auto focus
AP = Apreture Priority
AS = Antishake
BIF = Bird In Flight
BBIF = Big Bird in flight (airplane)
BIMs = Butterflies in Motion
CA = Chromatic Abberation - a non desirable lens property
C-AF = Continuous Auto Focus
DOF = Depth of Field
DZ = Digital Zoom
EZ = Extended Zoom (very similar to one form of DZ)
Fluzi = an FZ camera or FZ camera owner
FOV = Field of View
FYI = For Your Information
HDR = High Dynamic Range
IIC = Intelligent ISO Control (a feature of the newest crop of cameras)
IMHO = In my humble opinion
IQ = Image Quality
IS = Image Stablization
ISO = A measure of media sensitivity to light
LOL = Laughing Out Loud
Low IQ - Poor image quality (not a supid photographer)
MF = Manual Focus
NI = Neat Image
NN = Noise Ninja – a software for reducing noise
NR = Noise Reduction
nt (nt) nt etc. = no text
OIS = Optical Image Stablization
OOF = Out of Focus
OP = Original Poster, the one who started the current thread.
OTOH = on the other hand
PF = Purple Fringing, a non desirable sensor property
PP = Post Processing (software manipulation of images on a computer)
PSCS2 = Photoshop CS2
PSE4 = Photoshop Elements 4
PSP9 = Paintshop pro 9
PSPX = Paintshop Pro 10
RDS = Red Dot Scope - used for shooting BIFs and BIMs etc.
ROFLOL = rolling on floor, laughing out loud
SP = Shutter Priority
TCon = Telephoto converters for increasing focal length.
Tizzy = a TZ camera or TZcamera owner
TTL = Through the Lens
USM = Unsharp Mask, a sharpening tool in some PP software
WB = White Balance
WCon = Wide Angle converters.

And finally…
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed

Thanks to those who responded, especially MightyMike in Canada for the bulk of this list.

I’m sure there are many more acronyms commonly used in this forum, but this will act as a quick primer for new subscribers, and you’ll have to pick up the rest from context as you encounter them.

--
Mike in Northern Ontario, Canada

 

[Rossuziers]

Well, here's the compiled list of your responses to my earlier
thread. I am posting as a separate thread for easier reference.

100% crop = 1:1 crop, each pixel in the posted image is 1 original
pixel
AE = Auto Exposure
AF = Auto focus
AP = Apreture Priority
AS = Antishake
BIF = Bird In Flight
BBIF = Big Bird in flight (airplane)
BIMs = Butterflies in Motion
CA = Chromatic Abberation - a non desirable lens property
C-AF = Continuous Auto Focus
DOF = Depth of Field
DZ = Digital Zoom

EZ = Panasonic optical Extended Zoom (not even remotely close to DZ & more like an in-cam Crop that uses the smaller middle portion of the CCD without upsampling to manufacture a larger pic than the crop size although at wider angle of zoom the larger than 3 or 5 mp portion or the whole ccd is used & then the result is downsampled to meet the 3 or 5 mp requirement that the cam is set at)

Fluzi = an FZ camera or FZ camera owner
FOV = Field of View
FYI = For Your Information
HDR = High Dynamic Range
IIC = Intelligent ISO Control (a feature of the newest crop of
cameras)
IMHO = In my humble opinion
IQ = Image Quality
IS = Image Stablization

ISO = A measure of (sensor) sensitivity to light

LOL = Laughing Out Loud
Low IQ - Poor image quality (not a supid photographer)
MF = Manual Focus
NI = Neat Image
NN = Noise Ninja – a software for reducing noise
NR = Noise Reduction
nt (nt) nt etc. = no text
OIS = Optical Image Stablization
OOF = Out of Focus
OP = Original Poster, the one who started the current thread.

Or original post

OTOH = on the other hand
PF = Purple Fringing, a non desirable sensor property
PP = Post Processing (software manipulation of images on a computer)
PSCS2 = Photoshop CS2
PSE4 = Photoshop Elements 4
PSP9 = Paintshop pro 9
PSPX = Paintshop Pro 10
RDS = Red Dot Scope - used for shooting BIFs and BIMs etc.
ROFLOL = rolling on floor, laughing out loud

ROTFLMAO = Rollin' On The Floor Laughin' My @$$ Off

SP = Shutter Priority

TCon = Olympus Telephoto converters for increasing focal length.

Tizzy = a TZ camera or TZcamera owner
TTL = Through the Lens
USM = Unsharp Mask, a sharpening tool in some PP software
WB = White Balance

WCon = Olympus Wide Angle converters.

And finally…
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed

Thanks to those who responded, especially MightyMike in Canada for
the bulk of this list.

I’m sure there are many more acronyms commonly used in this forum,
but this will act as a quick primer for new subscribers, and you’ll
have to pick up the rest from context as you encounter them.

--
Mike in Northern Ontario, Canada

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[John_Reed]

Well, here's the compiled list of your responses to my earlier
thread. I am posting as a separate thread for easier reference.

100% crop = 1:1 crop, each pixel in the posted image is 1 original
pixel
AE = Auto Exposure
AF = Auto focus
AP = Apreture Priority

NOTE: The word is "APERTURE"

AS = Antishake
BIF = Bird In Flight
BBIF = Big Bird in flight (airplane)
BIMs = Butterflies in Motion

CA = Chromatic Abberation - a non desirable lens property> C-AF = Continuous Auto Focus

CS2 = Photoshop CS2

DOF = Depth of Field
DZ = Digital Zoom
EZ = Extended Zoom (very similar to one form of DZ)
Fluzi = an FZ camera or FZ camera owner

I believe the "Fluzi" name applies ONLY to the camera, not the owner.

FOV = Field of View
FYI = For Your Information
HDR = High Dynamic Range
IIC = Intelligent ISO Control (a feature of the newest crop of
cameras)
IMHO = In my humble opinion
IQ = Image Quality
IS = Image Stablization
ISO = A measure of media sensitivity to light
LOL = Laughing Out Loud
Low IQ - Poor image quality (not a supid photographer)

"supid" -> "stupid"

MF = Manual Focus
NI = Neat Image
NN = Noise Ninja – a software for reducing noise
NR = Noise Reduction
nt (nt) nt etc. = no text
OIS = Optical Image Stablization
OOF = Out of Focus
OP = Original Poster, the one who started the current thread.
OTOH = on the other hand
PF = Purple Fringing, a non desirable sensor property
PP = Post Processing (software manipulation of images on a computer)
PSCS2 = Photoshop CS2
PSE4 = Photoshop Elements 4
PSP9 = Paintshop pro 9
PSPX = Paintshop Pro 10
RDS = Red Dot Scope - used for shooting BIFs and BIMs etc.
ROFLOL = rolling on floor, laughing out loud
SP = Shutter Priority
TCon = Telephoto converters for increasing focal length.
Tizzy = a TZ camera or TZcamera owner

"Tizzy" denotes the camera, not the owner (I coined the word, I think)

TTL = Through the Lens
USM = Unsharp Mask, a sharpening tool in some PP software
WB = White Balance
WCon = Wide Angle converters.

And finally…
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed

Thanks to those who responded, especially MightyMike in Canada for
the bulk of this list.

I’m sure there are many more acronyms commonly used in this forum,
but this will act as a quick primer for new subscribers, and you’ll
have to pick up the rest from context as you encounter them.

--
Mike in Northern Ontario, Canada

Thanks for supplying this valuable reference, which I'm sure will be useful for many users.
--
Just cruisin' ...



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[Mike_Up_North]

Re ISO, I used the word "media" instead of "sensor" sensitivity to cover both traditional film as well as digital sensors. The concept and terminology of ISO predates digital photography by decades. Regarding the current debate over "noise", the same is true of film - as sensitivity increases, the ability of the media to capture detail decreases proportionally. With film it is called grain size, not noise - and by the way, today's digital cameras have far less "grain" at high ISO than film ever did.
--
Mike in Northern Ontario, Canada

 

[MightyMike]

hey john... yes you coined the tizzy word but since then tizzy and prior to that fluzi have been used to specify the owners as well... but i guess its still rare.
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[Moti #79385]

From a guy who always wondered what all of those 'shortcuts' meant, this will give me a list to work with, once I start posting. Let's hear it for Canadian input!!!
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[istyle]

Thanks!
I still wonder what "DMC (fz)" means.

 

[Rossuziers]

Re ISO, I used the word "media" instead of "sensor" sensitivity
to cover both traditional film as well as digital sensors.

I thought it was ASA in film-speed terms or at least that's what every roll of film has on it that I've ever seen....

The
concept and terminology of ISO predates digital photography by
decades. Regarding the current debate over "noise", the same is
true of film - as sensitivity increases, the ability of the media
to capture detail decreases proportionally. With film it is called
grain size, not noise - and by the way, today's digital cameras
have far less "grain" at high ISO than film ever did.
--
Mike in Northern Ontario, Canada

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[Mike_Up_North]

To my understanding, ASA was the term used mostly by American film manufactueres to indicate film sensitivity. It was replaced by ISO ratings, which is an international system, in the 70's. These are actually acronyms, and I should add them to my listing of acronyms thread. The terms are ASA (American Standard Association) and ISO (International Standards Organization). Prior to the 70's, you would only see DIN ratings on European film, not ASA. Likewise, you would not see ISO or DIN shown on American films, only ASA. Films made in Japan or elsewhere showed the nomenclature used by their target consumers, and sometimes had more than one packaging for the same film. Since the mid to late seventies, though, ALL film made anywhere in the world has its ISO rating shown somewhere on the packaging, as this had become the official standard nomenclature. Some American film manufacturers continued to show the film speed rating as ASA more prominently on their packaging, but only becasue their client base was more familiar with that system. Many film users were slow to convert to the new nomenclature, so even photographic instruction books by American authors continued to refer to ASA for some time. Most photographers actually treated these terms as synonyms - ie two terms that mean the same thing and that are both current terms. In reality, ISO is the replacement terminology. ASA, even for film, is technically obsolete terminology.

The advantage that digital has over film in this subject is that you can change you ISO setting on a digital camera during a shoot, so you have the ability to capture images in a verity of lighting situations without having to change your film or use a second camera with faster film loaded in it.

--
Mike in Northern Ontario, Canada

 

[bgood]

Digital Media Camera?
--
Bob Good, still learning

 

[MightyMike]

DMC has been speculated to be...

Digital Media Camera
Digital Matshushita Camera
--
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[Rossuziers]

To my understanding, ASA was the term used mostly by American film
manufactueres to indicate film sensitivity. It was replaced by ISO
ratings, which is an international system, in the 70's. These are
actually acronyms, and I should add them to my listing of acronyms
thread. The terms are ASA (American Standard Association) and ISO
(International Standards Organization). Prior to the 70's, you
would only see DIN ratings on European film, not ASA. Likewise,
you would not see ISO or DIN shown on American films, only ASA.
Films made in Japan or elsewhere showed the nomenclature used by
their target consumers, and sometimes had more than one packaging
for the same film. Since the mid to late seventies, though, ALL
film made anywhere in the world has its ISO rating shown somewhere
on the packaging, as this had become the official standard
nomenclature. Some American film manufacturers continued to show
the film speed rating as ASA more prominently on their packaging,
but only becasue their client base was more familiar with that
system. Many film users were slow to convert to the new
nomenclature, so even photographic instruction books by American
authors continued to refer to ASA for some time. Most
photographers actually treated these terms as synonyms - ie two
terms that mean the same thing and that are both current terms. In
reality, ISO is the replacement terminology. ASA, even for film,
is technically obsolete terminology.

The advantage that digital has over film in this subject is that
you can change you ISO setting on a digital camera during a shoot,
so you have the ability to capture images in a verity of lighting
situations without having to change your film or use a second
camera with faster film loaded in it.

--
Mike in Northern Ontario, Canada

I meant to include but failed to, that it's been years since I actually have bothered to look at a roll of film... ;
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[canon picture]

Dear Mike,

On the Canon forum I put a request for a list you made; I'm glad that Brian found it and 'forwarded' it.
Thanks for providing it.
Rick.

 

[Tom K.]

Three Letter Acronym, as in "I can't remember what all these TLAs mean!"

 

[MightyMike]

No prob rick... it was a good memory exercise
--
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[spider227489]

Film was also DIN before ASA.

I thought it was ASA in film-speed terms or at least that's what
every roll of film has on it that I've ever seen....

 

[Mariush]

to all who have contributed. Especially for the none-English native persons this is very helpful
--
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[Gary R.]

Not that you haven't done a good thing, by compiling them, but why can't people just use words.

When I see a thread with "New BIF with RDS no PP" I don't bother looking. While it might make typing slightly more efficient for those who keep track of what they all mean, it really reduces usefulness to everyone else; to those 'outside the loop', to newbies, or oldbies who use words so no one has to stop and figure out what they're talking about. Just another opinion.
--
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[LaRee]

Not that you haven't done a good thing, by compiling them, but why
can't people just use words.

When I see a thread with "New BIF with RDS no PP" I don't bother
looking. While it might make typing slightly more efficient for
those who keep track of what they all mean, it really reduces
usefulness to everyone else; to those 'outside the loop', to
newbies, or oldbies who use words so no one has to stop and figure
out what they're talking about. Just another opinion.
--
Gary
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But Gary you have to admit that it gets the point across in the title of a thread. Typing out Great Blue Heron In Flight takes a lot more room on the subject line than GBH or GBHIF. It doesn't take long to learn the acronyms. I think it is a natural thing to learn and easy use.
--
LaRee
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[LaRee]

hey john... yes you coined the tizzy word but since then tizzy and
prior to that fluzi have been used to specify the owners as well...
but i guess its still rare.

You can call me a Fluzi owner, no problems there. I'll even go to a Fluzi gathering. But I don't think anyone in my family would take kindly to you calling me a Fluzi because I own a FZ camera. lol ;-) I don't think people use tizzy and fluzi to specify the user, just the cameras. Or at least that is my understanding.

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