[BBear]

What is the right term for PP ??

[ftpaddict]

I prefer avoiding abbreviations for the sake of causing less confusion.

Post Processing, Chromatic Aberrations, Medium Format, Manual Focus, Purple Fringing. Just some examples for y'all.

[Marc Langille]

I prefer avoiding abbreviations for the sake of causing less confusion.

Post Processing, Chromatic Aberrations, Medium Format, Manual Focus, Purple Fringing. Just some examples for y'all.

I tend to forget what PF means... thanks!

[monochrome]

FL -> took a while before I figured out Focal Length

[pop4]

I always took PP to be Post Processing, e.g. making adjustments such as curves, levels, brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, noise reduction, sharpening etc, to the image after you've taken the photo


PP is fine. Just watch out for the following:
LBA
BBA/CBA

[christinelandon]

Hmm...maybe we should ask Adam about setting up a Glossary under the Quicklinks. Common photographic terms defined, common acronyms given in full, the sort of common terminology that's helpful to newbies and querulous old fogies alike. What do you think?

[ftpaddict]

Hmm...maybe we should ask Adam about setting up a Glossary under the Quicklinks. Common photographic terms defined, common acronyms given in full, the sort of common terminology that's helpful to newbies and querulous old fogies alike. What do you think?

There are plenty of resources on the internet; no use going over the same thing again.

[little laker]

I'd almost like to see people using the full words, or even a longer modified version.
Like ftpaddict said MF could either stand for Medium Format or Manual Focus, and it isn't the only one.

[christinelandon]

There are plenty of resources on the internet; no use going over the same thing again.

I know, I know...but it seems that quite a number of members (and who knows how many lurkers) seem to come here first, asking or seeking answers to basic questions. It appears that research elsewhere (and I agree that there are plenty of web resources already) isn't where many people start. They start here. So, why not accommodate them and somewhat reduce repetitive postings on basic terminology and concepts?

[creampuff]

Some acronyms:

AD - Actual day photographer(wedding)
AFAIK - As far as I know
BBB – Buy! Buy! Buy!
BG - Background
BNP - Buy Now Price
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
CAM - Camera
CD - Compact disc
CF - Compact Flash (card)
CMI - cannot make it
CS - Adobe Creative Suite
Ctrl - Control
DOA - Dead on Arrival, equipment or lens faulty when delivered.
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
FYI - For your information
HD - Hard Disk a.k.a HDD for Hard Disk Drive
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
LBA - Lens Buying Addiction
LOL - laughing out loud
MO - Mass order
MUA - Make Up Artist
MWTB - may want to buy
MWTS - may want to sell
MWTT - may want to trade
NPNT - No photo no talk
OMG - Oh My God
ONO - Or Nearest Offer
OT - Out of Topic
PA - Photographer's assistant
PITA - Pain in the As*
PLBV - Problem lies behind viewfinder
RTFM - Read the **cking 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)
SDHC - SD High Capacity
TBA - To Be Announced
TBC - TO be Confirmed
TFCD - Time For CD ... layman terms, we take images of you... you get a CD in return
TIA – Thanks in advance
TS - Thread starter
WTB - Want to buy
WTR - Want to Rent
WTS - Want To Sell
WTT - Want To Trade
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

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
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)
CPL - Circular Polariser (Filter)
DOF - Depth of Field
DRO - Dynamic Range Optimizer (Sony term)
DSLR - Digital Single Lens Reflex (camera)
EV - Exposure
FE - Fish-eye (lens)
FEL - Flash Exposure Lock (Canon term)
FF - Full Frame (Camera)
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 OR Manual Focus
ND - Neutral Density (Filters)
OIS - Optical Image Stabilizer (Panasonic term)
OOF - Out of Focus
OP - Original post
OS - Optical Stabiliser (Sigma) OR Operating System (Computer term)
PP - Post Process
PS - Photoshop
RF - Rangefinder (camera)
SLR - Single Lens Reflex (camera)
SR - Shake Reduction (Pentax term)
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 - Synchro
TFCD - Time For CD
TFP - Time For Prints
TTL – Through the lens (A mode for flash)
Tv - Shutter Priority (Canon) (S for Nikon)
USM - Ultrasonic Motor (Canon term), Unsharp Mask (Photoshop)
UWA - Ultra Wide Angle
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

[creampuff]

A few more...

KRW - Ken Rockwell
GF - Gary Fong
GFLS - Gary Fong LightSphere/II/PJII
RG - Rob Galbraith
RH - RiceHigh?

[NicholasN]

Another one.........


PSTACRN - Please stop this abbreviation crap right now


If you give people a chance they'll abbreviate anything and everything.

[creampuff]

Another one.........


PSTACRN - Please stop this abbreviation crap right now


If you give people a chance they'll abbreviate anything and everything.

What's your problem?
Many of the above acronyms are pretty common nowadays, much like text messaging (or SMS) and have come to be commonly accepted. If you can't embrace it, either live with it, determine to familiarise yourself with it or you can choose not to use it. Nobody is forcing you to use it and there is no need to react negatively to it.

[lithos]

PP = Polizei Pistole?

[NicholasN]

My problem is society is becoming increasingly lazy and rather than keep things clear and simple we have to find a shortcut for everything. And people complain when things go wrong. Somethings are better left the way they are, shortcutting just gets us nowhere.