No lah, these are contributions from everyone, I just happen to start the thread that's all.thanks mate. the mods should make you a 'contributer' to the F&F sub forum :bsmilie:
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No lah, these are contributions from everyone, I just happen to start the thread that's all.thanks mate. the mods should make you a 'contributer' to the F&F sub forum :bsmilie:
ftw - For The Win
ktksbai - K, thanks, bye.
sfs gwc - gwc is guy qith camera. sfs I don't know. sorry:embrass:
err. where did you come across the term..? at least it can provide some context..
sfs sounds like.. see female shoik? :bsmilie:
ha ha ha, maybe you are right
It is either from "Any photographers experienced 'model' problems? (http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=753916)" or "Does all the photographers behave or request in this way? (http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=514682)"
can't remember which one
oh.. the 2nd one is like so long ago......
no impression of having encounter that at the first thread thou.... search "sfs" no match leh..
General:
AD - Actual day (referring to wedding)
AFAIK - As far as I know
BBB – Buy Buy Buy
BG - Background
BNP - Buy Now Price
BTW - By The Way
cam - Camera
CD - Compact disc
CF - Compact Flash (card)
CMI - cannot make it
CRC - Close-Range Correction (Nikon term)
CS - ClubSNAP
DOA - Dead on Arrival, mostly associated with buying from overseas, upon delivery equipment or lens faulty.
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
FYI - For your information
GWC - Guy with camera
HD - Hard Disk a.k.a HDD for Hard Disk Drive
HTH - Hope This/That Helps/Helped
HWZ - Hardwarezone
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IIRC - If I remember correctly
IKR - I Know Right
IOW - in other words
IRL - in real life
JK - Just Kidding
KIV - Keep in view
KNS - kena sai
KLKK - Walk here Walk there
LOL - laughing out loud
MO - Mass order
MTL - Mai Tu Liao
MSS - Mai Siao Siao
MUA - Make Up Artist
NATO - No Action Talk Only
NPNT - No photo no talk
OMG - Oh My God
ONO - Or Nearest Offer
OSM - Overseas model
OT - Out of Topic
OTOT - Own Time Own Target
PA - Photographer's assistant
PITA - Pain in the As*
PSS - photographic society of singapore
RTFM - Read the *ucking Manual or Read the FREE Manual
RP - Reserve Price
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
RTFLMAO - Rolling on The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
SD - Secure Digital (card)
STFU - Shut The *uck Up
TBA - To Be Announced
TBC - TO be Confirmed
TIA – Thanks in advance
TS - Thread starter
WTB - Want to buy
WTD - What The Duck
WTF - What the *uck
WTR - Want to Rent
WTS - Want To Sell
WTT - Want To Trade
XMM - Xiao Mei Mei
XDD - Xiao Di Di
Camera Shops:
AP-F - Alan Photo, Funan
AP-S - Alan Photo, Sim Lim Square
CP - Cathay Photo
MS - MS Colour, Ang Mo Kio
SLR-R - SLR Revo, Funan
TCW - The Camera Workshop, Peninsula
J316 - John 3:16, Funan
Camera Accessories Shop:
EG - EastGear
PPCP - Perfect Pixel Camera Parts
SSK - ShaSkinKi.com
Photography-related terms:
AD - Anomalous Dispersion
AE - Auto Exposure
AEL - Auto Exposure Lock
AF - Auto Focus
APAD - A Photo A Day
APO - Apochromatic
AS - Anti-Shake (Konica Minolta term)
ASL - Aspherical Lens Elements
ASP - Aspherical
Av - Aperture Priority (Canon) (A for Nikon)
AWB - Auto White Balance
AWL - Advanced Wireless Lighting (Nikon term)
BC - Black Corner (Holga term)
CA - Chromatic Abberrations
CCD - Charged Coupled Device (Sensor)
CFN - Color Flash; New/Normal (Holga term)
CLS - Creative Lighting System (Nikon term)
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (Sensor)
C. Fn. - Custom Function (Canon, not sure of other brands)
DC - Digital Crop (Sigma term)
DF - Dual Focus (Sigma term)
Di - Digitally integrated (Tamron term)
DO - Diffractive Optics (lens element) (Canon)
DOF - Depth of Field
DRI - Dynamic Range Increase
DRO - Dynamic Range Optimization/Optimizer (Sony term)
DSLR - Digital Single Lens Reflex (camera)
ED - Extra-low Dispersion (glass element in some lenses)
EF - Electronic Focus (Canon term)
EF-S - Electronic Focus-Short back focus (Canon term)
EV - Exposure Value
FE - Fish-eye (lens)
FF - Full Frame (35mm size)
FEL - Flash Exposure Lock (Canon)
FN - Flash; New/Normal (Holga term)
FPO - Free Photography Only
GCFN - Glass; Color Flash; New/Normal (Holga term)
GN - Guide Number
GND - Graduated Neutral Density
GTLR - Glass; Twin Lens Reflex (Holga term)
HD - High Definition
HDR - High Dynamic Range
HSM - Hyper Sonic Motor (Sigma)
IF - Internal Focusing
IQ - Image Quality
IS - Image Stabilizer (Canon)
LD - Low Dispersion
LF - Large Format
LR - Adobe LightRoom
LV - Live View
MF - Medium Format / Manual Focus
MP-E - Macro Photo-Electronic (Canon term)
ND - Neutral Density
NSC - Nikon Service Centre
OIS - Optical Image Stabilizer (Panasonic term)
ONO - Or Nearest Offer
OOF - Out of Focus
OS - Optical Stabiliser (Sigma) OR Operating System (Computer term)
PC - Pinhole Camera (Holga term)
POA - Price On Application
PP - Post Process
PS - Photoshop
PS CS - PhotoShop Creative Suite (this is usually joined)
PWP - Purchase With Purchase
RF - Rangefinder (camera)
SC - Shutter Count
SF - Standard; Flash (Holga term)
SLD - Special Low Dispersion
SLR - Single Lens Reflex (camera)
SP - Super Performance (Tamron term)
SSC - Sony Service Centre
SSS - Super Steady Shot (Sony term)
SSWF - Supersonic Wave Filter (Olympus term)
SWD - Supersonic Wave Drive (Olympus term)
SWM - Silent Wave Motor (Nikon Term)
Sync - Synchronize
TFCD - Time For CD (photographer and model exchange time for CD of images)
TFP - Time For Prints (as above, but prints instead of CD)
TLR - Twin Lens Reflex
TTL – "Through the lens" (Auto mode for flash)
Tv - Shutter Priority (Canon) (S for Nikon)
UD - Ultra-low Dispersion (lens element) (Canon)
USM - Ultrasonic Motor (Canon term). Sometimes also referring to Photoshop's Unsharp Mask feature
UWA - Ultrawide Angle (lens... i.e. <24mm in 35mm speak)
VR - Vibration Reduction (Nikon term)
WA - Wide Angle
WB - White Balance
WPC - Wide Pinhole Camera (Holga term)
XR - Extra Refractive (Tamron term)
File types / Images terms:
BMP - BIT MAP
DNG - Adobe Digital Negative
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
JPEG/JPG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
NEF - Nikon Electronic Format (Nikon's RAW format)
ORF - Olympus RAW format
PEF - Pentax RAW format
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PSD - Photoshop file
TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
"Nicknames" or alternative names:
Bokeh - Blur background
PRATA - Reflector
Strobes - usually artificial light ....e.g. studio lights
Tupperware - Lightsphere
upz - To bring up your/someone's thread to the top of the page.
Special Terms:
KRW - The Venerable Ken Rockwell
*** - The Venerable Ken Rockwell
GF - Gary Fong(inventor of the LightSphere, The LightSphere II, The LightSphere Photojournalist II)
GFLS - Gary Fong LightSphere/II/PJII
RG - Rob Galbraith
Places:
AP - Admiralty Park
SLS - Sim Lim Square
JBP - Jurong Bird Park
SBG - Singapore Botanical Gardens
MOG - Mandai Orchid Garden