Toshiba PDR-M21 Instruction Manual - Page 90

Glossary Getting Ready Basic Photography Playing Back/ Erasing Images q AF/AE q Red-Eye Effect AF (auto-focus) ··· A function for automatically The phenomenon where people's eyes sometimes focusing your camera. appear red in the picture when you use a flash to AE ··· A function for automatically setting your photograph them in low-light conditions. This is camera's exposure. caused by the light of the flash reflecting off the AF/AE lock ··· Locking of the focus and exposure inside of the eye. settings. q White Balance q DCF (Design rule for Camera File System) When the brightness of the light changes, the human A file system standard defined by the JEIDA (Japan eye adapts so that a white object still looks white. On Electronic Industry Development Association) that is the other hand, devices such as digital still cameras required for exchanging data between digital still see a white subject as white by first adjusting the cameras or a digital camera and a printer. This balance to suit the color of the ambient light around standard defines the hierarchy and file names used the subject. This adjustment process is referred to as when storing image files on memory cards or other matching the white balance. recording medium. q SmartMedia™ q Exif File Format (Exchangeable Image File Format) Name of a recording medium defined by the SSFDC A color still image format for digital still cameras Forum. This recording medium can be used over and approved by the JEIDA (Japan Electronic Industry over again. Development Association). JPEG-compliant, this format is compatible with TIFF and JPEG and can be used in image processing software for most personal computers. q Formatting Transforming the contents of the SmartMedia™ to a recordable state. (This is sometimes called "initialization".) q JPEG A file format used for compressing and saving color images. The compression ratio can be selected, but the higher the compression ratio, the worse image quality becomes. This format is widely used in the paint software for PCs and on the Internet. q Exposure Compensation When the screen contains an extremely bright or dark object, the camera automatically adjusts the brightness, resulting in the subject being reproduced darker or lighter. Exposure compensation adjusts for this. q PC Card A generic term for cards that meet the PC Card Standard. - 86 - Other Applications Additional Information