HD video cameras: as long as tech is this confusing, we’ll need people to cut through the bullshit

HD video cameras: as long as tech is this confusing, we’ll need people to cut through the bullshit November 12, 2008 A while back, I mentioned that taking baby steps into “proper” photography made me weep hot salty tears of frustration and rage, until a bit of informed advice and a few magazines cheered me up and translated the crap into plain English. It turns out that the world of digital photography is the simplest thing in the world compared to video. It’s entirely academic at the mom

Photography Tutorials – Aperture explained in plain non techy english

The term ‘aperture’ refers to the opening in the lens that lets light into the camera. Adjusting the aperture value changes the size (diameter) of the aperture, which will affect the amount of light that reaches the imaging sensor in the camera (the digital camera equivalent of film).