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Color Space/Color Matrix in canon camera

Color Space determines the number of colors that will be recorded (the “gamut”) when a picture is taken. Adobe RGB (1998) is a wide gamut, recording a very large range of colors. Photographers who photograph for mechanical reproduction on a press (books, catalogs, brochures) should use the Adobe RGB...

canon Color Temperature

When a perfect white balance is not desired, Canon off ers an interesting option. One of the White Balance modes is Color Temperature, designated in the white balance list (on the camera’s LCD), by the letter K (for Kelvin). You will fi nd this function on prosumer and professional cameras, but not on...

Aperture and Depth of Field

See also Shutter Speed, Reciprocity. When we refer to the “aperture” of a lens, we are speaking on an iris, similar to that in the pupil of an eye, that opens or closes, allowing light to enter and strike the optic nerve, sending impulses to the brain. A lens aperture works much the same, except it...