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This mode meters a larger area than spot metering (around 10–15% of the entire frame), and is generally used when very bright or very dark areas on the edges of the frame would otherwise unduly influence the metering. As in spot metering, some cameras can use variable points for readings or use a fixed point in the centre of the viewfinder.
Digital camera. Front and back of Canon PowerShot A 95 (c.2004), a once typical pocket-sized compact camera, with mode dial, optical viewfinder, and articulating screen. A digital camera, also called a digicam, [ 1] is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory. Most cameras produced today are digital, [ 2] largely replacing those ...
An action camera or action cam is a digital camera designed for recording action while being immersed in it. Action cameras are therefore typically compact, rugged, and waterproof at the surface level. They typically use CMOS image sensors, [1] and can take photos in burst mode and time-lapse mode as well as record high-definition video (as of ...
The plaque gallery at the Baseball Hall of Fame Ty Cobb's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, honors individuals who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport, and is the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, displaying baseball-related artifacts and exhibits.
In the early hours of August 13, 2018, in Frederick, Colorado, American oil field operator Christopher Lee Watts (born May 16, 1985) [ 1] murdered his pregnant wife Shanann (34) by strangulation, and their two children Bella (4) and Celeste (3) by strangulation. He buried Shanann in a shallow grave near an oil-storage facility, and dumped his ...
The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democratic president Barack Obama and his running mate, incumbent vice president Joe Biden, were re-elected to a second term. [ 3] They defeated the Republican ticket of former governor of Massachusetts Mitt ...
The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. In what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster, [ 3] over 500,000 people in the small towns around the plant were exposed to the highly ...
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes . After dropping its unconventional Sonic Cruiser project, Boeing announced the conventional 7E7 on January 29, 2003, which focused largely on efficiency. The program was launched on April 26, 2004, with an order for 50 aircraft ...