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Glossary
G
B-1
Appendix B — Glossary
This section provides brief explanations of terms used in conjunction with
the camera. Refer to these items individually in the Index in this manual
to find additional reference material about the following terms.
AC battery charger/adapter. This unit provides a continuous source of
power to the camera, with sufficient power to support
continuous operation of the camera as well as to continue
charging the camera battery.
Archive.
An image copied or moved from the camera to the hard disk
on your computer.
Archive folder.
See
Image archive folder.
Balance.
Balance features (lighting and click-balance) on the driver
image window, that allow you to indicate the original
lighting conditions under which you took the picture or
otherwise adjust color. Your selection is used for color
correction by the software driver when the image is acquired
into your image editing application.
BIN file.
This file contains firmware, the control programming used by
the camera. You copy — download — this software from
your computer hard disk into the camera when you click the
L
OAD
C
AMERA
F
IRMWARE
button. Downloading firmware is a
onetime action. You do not need to repeatedly copy the
firmware each time you use the camera. Instead, you only
download firmware the first time you use the camera, and
then when you receive firmware updates or if you are
experiencing unusual problems with the camera.
Burst.
A rapid sequence of photographs taken by holding down the
camera shutter release. (Not supported by all camera
models.)
