Banding
Noise patterns appearing as bands, or solid stripes. Often seen in high-ISO images, particularly in areas of shadow.
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The outward bulging of straight lines in the centre of the frame due to lens imperfection.
Read more »Battery Grip
A device that attaches to the base of a D-SLR. The battery grip, not only provides better grip for vertical shooting, but uses extra batteries to supply power to the camera when the camera battery dies down. In some cases, […]
Read more »Bicubic interpolation
Type of interpolation in which the value of a new pixel is calculated from the values of its eight nearest neighbors.
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Type of interpolation in which the value of a new pixel is calculated from the values of four of its near neighbors: left, right, top, and bottom.
Read more »Bit depth
Measures of the amount of data available to code or name different colors; normally 8-bit per channel.
Read more »Bleed
Photograph or line that runs off the page when printed. Spread of ink into the fibers of a support material. This effect causes dot gain.
Read more »Bluetooth
A standard for high-speed wireless connections between devices such as cell phones or keyboards, and for networking.
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