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Question | Answer |
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Beam Splitter | a system of prisms within a tv camera that seperates white light into red, green and blue. |
Brightness | determines how light or dark a color appears on a tv screen. |
Camcorder | a portable camera with a recording device built into it. |
Camera Chain | the tv camera (head)and associated electronic equipment. |
Camera Control Unit (CCU) | enables the operator to adjust the camera picture during a show. |
Charged-Coupled Device (CCD) | imaging sensor in a camera consisting of horizontal and vertical rows of pixels. |
CMOS | translates light into video signals. |
Contrast Ratio | the difference between the brightest and darkest portions in the picture. |
Digital Cinema Camera | a high-def. camera with 4,000 pixels per line. It records on video tape and memory cards. The frame rate can be adjusted. |
EFP Camera | high-quality protable, shoulder-mounted feild production camera that must be conected to an external video recorder. |
ENG/EFP Camcorder | high-quality protable feild production camera with the recording device built-in. |
Greyscale | the many brightness steps between black and white. |
HDTV Camera | camera that pictures of superior resolution, color fidelity, and light-and-dark contrast. |
High-Definition Video | a recording system that produces image of the same resolution as HDTV, but has lower quality than HDTV. |
Hue | one of the three basic color attributs. |
Imaging Device | the imaging element in a camera. |
Pixel | a single imaging element that can be identified by a computer. |
Resolution | measurment of picture detail, expressed in the number pixels per scanning line. |
Saturation | the color attribute that describes a color's richness or strength. |
Sensor | the CCD or CMOS imaging device in a camera. |
Studio Camera | high-quality camrea with a large zoom lens that cannot be manuvered properly without a camera mount. |
Sync Generator | produces an electronic synch signle, which keeps all scanning in steps. |
White Balance | the adjustments of the color circuits to produce a white color. |