Aperture is the opening inside a lens that controls how much light reaches the sensor. ...
Lens distortion causes straight lines to appear curved in your images. Wide-angle lense...
Telephoto compression is a visual effect where distant objects appear larger and closer...
Focus shift is an optical phenomenon where the plane of sharpest focus moves as you sto...
Edge softness refers to reduced sharpness at the corners and edges of an image compared...
Zoom ratio is the ratio between the longest and shortest focal lengths of a zoom lens. ...
A prime lens has a single fixed focal length (like 50mm or 85mm) — you zoom with your f...
Vignette (or vignetting) is the darkening of image corners compared to the center. It i...
Color correction fixes technical problems — adjusting white balance, exposure, and cont...
White balance is a camera setting that tells the camera what color the light source is ...