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FLASH APPOINT [2 records]

Record 1 2005-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Illumination Engineering
CONT

The most common situation occurs when you use flash as a fill-in light to soften harshly shadowed areas in a daylight picture.

Key term(s)
  • fill in flash

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Éclairagisme
DEF

Éclair destiné à éclaircir les ombres d’un sujet et à ramener ainsi son contraste à une valeur acceptable.

OBS

Pluriel : des flashs ou des flashes.

OBS

flashs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

... photography under existing light conditions without supplementary illumination.

OBS

The Dictionary of New Media (source code: MODIN) is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

[...] photographie sans éclairage d’appoint(sans flash ni projecteur).

Spanish

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