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April 28, 2004 Glossary-3
LCD Liquid Crystal Display. Your camera has four: the Top Status LCD panel,
Back Status LCD panel, Image LCD panel, and the LCD inside the viewfinder.
Microdrive Developed by IBM, Microdrives are small, hard disks that can fit in a
CompactCard memory slot. The Microdrive is built into a Type II
CompactFlash form factor.
NTST National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) video format is primarily
used in the United States, Japan, Canada etc. NTSC is a standard for
television and videos, which defines a composite video signal with a refresh
rate of 60 half-frames (interlaced) per second. Each frame contains 525
lines and can contain 16 million different colors.
PAL Phase Alternating Line (PAL), video format primarily used in Europe,
excluding France, as well as Australia and parts of the Far East. PAL delivers
625 lines at 50 half-frames per second.
RAW The RAW image format is the data as it comes directly from the image
sensor of the camera. No in-camera processing is performed before
transferring the image to computer.
Shutter Speed The camera's shutter opens for a length of time to control the amount of
light that reaches the imaging element. The length of time the shutter blinds
are open allowing light to strike the image sensor is called shutter speed.
White balance The human eye and brain adapt to changes in lighting conditions, not only
to intensity, but also to the color characteristic of the light source, so that
colors of the objects look normal or accurate. For example, a white object
will appear white whether it is viewed under sunlight, tungsten or
fluorescent illumination. Your camera must be adjusted, so that colors will
be represented accurately, under different types of illumination. This
adjustment is called white balance.