Vocabulario para un fotógrafo

[Fazor]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

In any case, (still a little forced) the sentence needs an article "ella necesita saberse el español".

The 'ella' is still needed even though that was preceded by "Digo a ella que" ?

I thought including "ella" twice would be redundant?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I'd say that's a matter of style. You can save the second "ella" if there is no confusion with whom you're talking about.

[laepelba]

Back to the photography vocabulary .....

How would you say the following in Spanish:
- aperture
- shutter
- shutter speed
- ISO
- exposure
- F-stop
- depth of field
- focus
- diffuse (like diffused light)
- fast and slow (like the speed of the ISO or the speed of the shutter)
- zoom
- wide angle lens
- grain
- meter
- telephoto

Malila - I know you can help with these.........

Thanks!!

[ROBINDESBOIS]

say cheese = patata or mermelada in SPAIN

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I'm no expert and I have a few doubts about this, so I'll let someone else who will know more to correct them, but on principle, this is what I understand about equivalents.

apertura/abertura (la) del diafragma (el) - aperture
apertura/abertura (la) - F-stop
obturador (el) - shutter
velocidad (la) del obturador - shutter speed
ASA (el) - ISO (although ISO should be understood among professionals)
exposición (la) - exposure
profundidad (la) de campo (el) - depth of field
enfoque (el) - focus
luz (la) difusa - diffuse (like diffused light)
alta velocidad (la)/baja velocidad (la) - fast and slow (like the speed of the ISO or the speed of the shutter)
zoom (el) - zoom
(la lente) gran angular - wide angle lens
grano (el) or maybe granulado (el) - grain
aparato (el) de medida (la) - meter
telefoto (el) - telephoto

[laepelba]

Thanks for those, Malila! VERY helpful!! Just a quick grammatical question...... If the word "foto" is feminine (la foto) because it's short for "fotografia" ... why isn't something like "telefoto" also feminine? Hmmm....

[irmamar]

I didn't know what meant "telefoto" . I've looked it up and we say "teleobjetivo".

[brute]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

I'm no expert and I have a few doubts about this, so I'll let someone else who will know more to correct them, but on principle, this is what I understand about equivalents.

apertura/abertura (la) del diafragma (el) - aperture
apertura/abertura (la) - F-stop
obturador (el) - shutter
velocidad (la) del obturador - shutter speed
ASA (el) - ISO (although ISO should be understood among professionals)
exposición (la) - exposure
profundidad (la) de campo (el) - depth of field
enfoque (el) - focus
luz (la) difusa - diffuse (like diffused light)
alta velocidad (la)/baja velocidad (la) - fast and slow (like the speed of the ISO or the speed of the shutter)
zoom (el) - zoom
(la lente) gran angular - wide angle lens
grano (el) or maybe granulado (el) - grain
aparato (el) de medida (la) - meter Light meter, exposure meter
telefoto (el) - telephoto

How about some digital terms as well?

[laepelba]

I agree! How about some talk about digital photography....

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Lou Ann: I've always heard "telefoto" as a masculine, but searching a little, it seems it should rather be "la telefoto" and "el teleobjetivo". In my humble opinion, there might be two origins for this mistake: 1) For Mexicans, "lente" is usually a masculine, and "telefoto" refers to the lense; and/or 2) There might be some confusion of both words --"telefoto" and "teleobjetivo".
No justification for such an error though.


@Brute: It would be easier if you proposed a list like Lou Ann's, so there are propositions for the Spanish words.