Frequently Used Acronyms in ClubSNAP

[azul123]

thanks mate. the mods should make you a 'contributer' to the F&F sub forum :bsmilie:

No lah, these are contributions from everyone, I just happen to start the thread that's all.

../azul123

 

[SereneXMM]

TFS - Truly Fantastics Shot
TFS - Thanks For Sharing
TGIF - Thanks God It's Friday

 

[songfah]

Oct-- only can talk

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

Just tidying up

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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
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
HWZ - Hardwarezone
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IIRC - If I remember correctly
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
NPNT - No photo no talk
OMG - Oh My God
ONO - Or Nearest Offer
OSM - Overseas model
OT - Out of Topic
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
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:
AE - Auto Exposure
AEL - Auto Exposure Lock
AF - Auto Focus
APAD - A Photo A Day
AS - Anti-Shake (Konica Minolta term)
Av - Aperture Priority (Canon) (A for Nikon)
AWB - Auto White Balance
AWL - Advanced Wireless Lighting (Nikon term)
CA - Chromatic Abberrations
CCD - Charged Coupled Device (Sensor)
CLS - Creative Lighting System (Nikon term)
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (Sensor)
C. Fn. - Custom Function (Canon, not sure of other brands)
DO - Diffractive Optics (lens element) (Canon)
DOF - Depth of Field
DSLR - Digital Single Lens Reflex (camera)
ED - Extra-low Dispersion (glass element in some lenses)
EV - Exposure Value
FE - Fish-eye (lens)
FF - Full Frame (35mm size)
FEL - Flash Exposure Lock (Canon)
HDR - High Dynamic Range
HSM - Hyper Sonic Motor (Sigma)
IF - Internal Focusing
IQ - Image Quality
IS - Image Stabilizer (Canon)
LF - Large Format
LR - Adobe LightRoom
LV - Live View
MF - Medium Format / Manual Focus
OIS - Optical Image Stabilizer (Panasonic term)
OOF - Out of Focus
OS - Optical Stabiliser (Sigma) OR Operating System (Computer term)
PP - Post Process
PS - Photoshop
PS CS - PhotoShop Creative Suite (this is usually joined)
RF - Rangefinder (camera)
SLR - Single Lens Reflex (camera)
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)
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


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[/QUOTE]

 

[songws]

Wow, such a loooooooooooooooooooong list... :bigeyes:

 

[romeo tango]

err what is :

ftw
ktksbai
sfs gwc

thanks

 

[Smiles88]

ftw - For The Win
ktksbai - K, thanks, bye.
sfs gwc - gwc is guy qith camera. sfs I don't know. sorry:embrass:

 

[romeo tango]

ftw - For The Win
ktksbai - K, thanks, bye.
sfs gwc - gwc is guy qith camera. sfs I don't know. sorry:embrass:

Hi Smiles88,

Thanks for the information

Now is to let someone who knows what is sfs to come in and provide the information

Thanks again

Cheers !!

 

[Limsgp]

err. where did you come across the term..? at least it can provide some context..

sfs sounds like.. see female shoik? :bsmilie:

 

[romeo tango]

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

 

[Limsgp]

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..

 

[romeo tango]

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..

the actual phase was s.f.s gwc. sorry i omitted the full stop earlier :sweat:

 

[wolveryne07]

Added in 2 more........;p

==============
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
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
HWZ - Hardwarezone
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IIRC - If I remember correctly
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
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:
AE - Auto Exposure
AEL - Auto Exposure Lock
AF - Auto Focus
APAD - A Photo A Day
AS - Anti-Shake (Konica Minolta term)
Av - Aperture Priority (Canon) (A for Nikon)
AWB - Auto White Balance
AWL - Advanced Wireless Lighting (Nikon term)
CA - Chromatic Abberrations
CCD - Charged Coupled Device (Sensor)
CLS - Creative Lighting System (Nikon term)
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (Sensor)
C. Fn. - Custom Function (Canon, not sure of other brands)
DO - Diffractive Optics (lens element) (Canon)
DOF - Depth of Field
DSLR - Digital Single Lens Reflex (camera)
ED - Extra-low Dispersion (glass element in some lenses)
EV - Exposure Value
FE - Fish-eye (lens)
FF - Full Frame (35mm size)
FEL - Flash Exposure Lock (Canon)
HDR - High Dynamic Range
HSM - Hyper Sonic Motor (Sigma)
IF - Internal Focusing
IQ - Image Quality
IS - Image Stabilizer (Canon)
LF - Large Format
LR - Adobe LightRoom
LV - Live View
MF - Medium Format / Manual Focus
OIS - Optical Image Stabilizer (Panasonic term)
OOF - Out of Focus
OS - Optical Stabiliser (Sigma) OR Operating System (Computer term)
PP - Post Process
PS - Photoshop
PS CS - PhotoShop Creative Suite (this is usually joined)
RF - Rangefinder (camera)
SLR - Single Lens Reflex (camera)
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)
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


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

 

[digitalpimp]

Added 40.

==============
General:
AD - Actual day (referring to wedding)
AFAIK - As far as I know
BBB &#8211; 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 &#8211; 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)
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 &#8211; "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

 

[blairphil]

General:
AD - Actual day (referring to wedding)
AFAIK - As far as I know
BBB &#8211; 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 &#8211; 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 &#8211; "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

 

[shierwin]

Nowadays new acronyms are appearing especially in discussion threads,
To make the list complete, found this link to append to this thread "Singlish"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish

 

[Utkarsh]

This post is a lifesaver for newbies.. thanks !!

General:
AD - Actual day (referring to wedding)
AFAIK - As far as I know
BBB &#8211; 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 &#8211; 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 &#8211; "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