Technical Terms  -  T - U - V - W
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TEST STRIP
  • Strip of printing paper or film that is given a range of trial exposures.

​TONAL RANGE
  • Range of shades of grey, between the extremes of black and white.

​TRIPOD
  • A 3-legged or a monopod used to give the camera support and give greater stability.
  • Vital for long exposures.

​UNDER-EXPOSURE
  • A dark image caused by insufficient light reaching the film.

​UPRATING
  • Exposing the film as it it were more sensitive to light than its ISO rating.

​VIEWFINDER
  • The part of the camera you look through to frame the picture.  It cam also provide other information - i.e. focusing and battery life, etc.

​WARM LIGHT
  • Any light that tends towards red / orange / yellow.

​WINDER
  • The mechanism built in to the camera to wind on the film.
  • It also re-cocks the shutter after each shot and can also rewind the film when it is finished.