Acronym List

[Fabs Forns]

As per requests by International and Beginner Members, here's a list of commonly used acronyms.
I know some of you can think of many more, so please, PM me (as in Private Message :) ) to add to the list.:

ACR- Adobe Camera Raw
Av- Aperture Value (as Camera Mode)
BAA- Birds as Art (Arthur Morris' trade name)
BG- Background
BIF- Birds in Flight
BIH- Birds in Habitat
BKGR- Background
BOAS- Birds on a Stick
CA- Chromatic Aberration (purple or green fringe around objects)
CW Rotation- Clockwise Rotation
CCW rotation- Counter Clockwise rotation
CS3- Photoshop version CS3
CSO- Chief Spoonbill Officer
DOF- Depth of Field
EXP- Exposure
EV- Exposure value
EC- Exposure Compensation
FG- Foreground
FF- Fill Flash or Full Frame
FEC- Flash Exposure Compensation
GBH- Great Blue Heron
GTG- Get Together (Reunion)
GND- Graduated Neutral Density (filter)
HA- Head Angle
HDR- High Dynamic Range
HH- Hand Held
HoM- Hand of Man (Avian Gallery)
IAC- In Any Case
IQ- Image Quality
IMO- In my Opinion
IMHO- In my Humble Opinion
IPT- Instructional Photo Tour (as per Arthur Morris' use)
IS- Image Stabilization (Canon Term)
IR- Infrared
LL- Lower Left
LR- Lower Right or Lightroom (software)
LLC- Lower Left Corner
M8T- Mate
M8tess- Matess
NR- Noise reduction
OOF- Out of Focus
OS- Optical Stabilization
OTOH- On the Other Hand
OTT- Over the Top
PS- Photoshop
PM- Private Message (when not time related)
PP- Post Processed
QM- Quick Mask (PS Tool)
RWBB- Red-winged Black Bird
ROT- Rule of thirds ( compositional guideline)
S/H- Shadow/Highlight PS Tool
S/S- Shutter Speed
SW FLA- South West Florida
TC- Tele converter
TFS_ Thanks for sharing
Tv- Time Value- Camera mode for s/s
USM- Unsharp Mask (PS Tool for Sharpening)
UL- Upper Left
UR- Upper Right
URC- Upper Right Corner
VR- Vibration Reduction (Nikon Term)
VWD- Very well done
YAW- You Are Welcome

[Mike Moats]

Great Idea Fabs!

[James Shadle]

Feel free to suggest some that we missed.
James for Fabs.

[Caleb Royer]

I noticed an acronym around the forms IQ (image quality) you might want to add that to your list I also noticed that one of the acronyms that you have USM stands for unsharp mask, it also stands for Canons ultrasonic motor.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I have seen IAC, don't know that one:)

[denise ippolito]

Jackie, I think that stands for In Any Case

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

IOW - In Other Words

[David Smith]

What does YAW stand for...???

Dave

[Axel Hildebrandt]

What does YAW stand for...???

Dave

You are welcome.

[Chris Ober]

http://www.wonderfulphotos.com/articles/cameras/acronyms/

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=261117

[Roger Clark]

Here is a cute one:

SPU = Spousal Permission Unit, as in I have enough SPUs to buy that 500 f/4.

[Dan Brown]

Good one Roger! I don't think that I will ever acquire enough for the 500f4 however:(

[John Hawkins]

TV? and I don't think it means television.

[David Fletcher]

VWD. Very well done. Cheers Fabs

[John Hawkins]

Geez I'm blind....Tv -time value

[Buddy scherr]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. As a nube to digital, this is just what I've been looking for. Now as I'm educating myself through the forums, I can actually make sense of the info.

[Dave Mills]

Some folks carry these to the extreme...too bad we need a list to decipher some comments. Good idea to post though...

[Harshad Barve]

This is a wonderful list
TFS

[Buddy scherr]

HDR? Just saw this this morning

[jpons]

Great list, one acronym that I thought was missing and one that is very important, at least to me, is IQ which stands for Image Quality.

Thanks for the informative list.

-J

[Jamie Douglas]

How about sending this info to all new members or providing a link to be included in the membership email? I joined end of last month and worked a couple out for myself but finding this thread has helped a lot.

[Caleb Royer]

OS-optical stabilization (Sigma term)

[Fabs Forns]

The list has been update.

Thanks, guys!

[nzmacro]

Tsk, tsk, tsk. M8t and M8tess :cool:. If I had a dollar for every time I've been asked, I would buy an Island in the Caribbean ................ or 2 square ft in Tokyo :D

Danny.

[Fabs Forns]

Got it :) :)-

[nzmacro]

:) :) You beauty M8tess ;)

[Paul Burgess]

Tv -time value

Or it could mean Turkey Vulture. :)