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Camera and Picture Words

The nouns of photography, from lins to skärpa.

The camera bag emptied out in Swedish: body and glass, the exposure triangle, files and backups — through to fotobok and minne, the word that means both kinds of memory.

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  1. 1

    kamera

    camera

    Tip: 'systemkamera' = system camera

  2. 2

    objektiv

    lens

    Tip: not 'lins', which is the eye kind

  3. 3

    bild

    picture

    Tip: the general word

  4. 4

    foto

    photo

    Tip: 'kort' is the casual everyday word

  5. 5

    ljus

    light

    Tip: the photographer's obsession

  6. 6

    skugga

    shadow

    Tip: 'i skuggan' = in the shade

  7. 7

    skärpa

    sharpness

    Tip: 'ställa in skärpan' = to focus

  8. 8

    exponering

    exposure

    Tip: 'överexponerad' = overexposed

  9. 9

    slutartid

    shutter speed

    Tip: lit. 'shutter time'

  10. 10

    bländare

    aperture

    Tip: the hole that lets light in

  11. 11

    stativ

    tripod

    Tip: needed in Swedish winter light

  12. 12

    blixt

    flash

    Tip: same word as lightning

  13. 13

    minneskort

    memory card

    Tip: always full

  14. 14

    batteri

    battery

    Tip: dies fast in the cold

  15. 15

    laddare

    charger

    Tip: always forgotten

  16. 16

    skärm

    screen

    Tip: also means a room divider

  17. 17

    fil

    file

    Tip: 'stor fil' = a big file

  18. 18

    mapp

    folder

    Tip: where the pictures vanish

  19. 19

    säkerhetskopia

    backup

    Tip: lit. 'safety copy'

  20. 20

    utskrift

    print

    Tip: 'skriva ut' = to print

  21. 21

    ram

    frame

    Tip: for the wall

  22. 22

    album

    album

    Tip: physical or digital

  23. 23

    porträtt

    portrait

    Tip: a genre and a format

  24. 24

    landskap

    landscape

    Tip: the format and the subject

  25. 25

    selfie

    selfie

    Tip: English loan, used as is

  26. 26

    motiv

    motif

    Tip: 'ett bra motiv' = a good subject

  27. 27

    detalj

    detail

    Tip: 'lägga märke till detaljerna'

  28. 28

    stativhuvud

    tripod head

    Tip: where the camera screws on

  29. 29

    objektivskydd

    lens cap

    Tip: always lost

  30. 30

    motljusskydd

    lens hood

    Tip: lit. 'against-light protection'

  31. 31

    filter

    filter

    Tip: 'ett polarisationsfilter'

  32. 32

    sökare

    viewfinder

    Tip: what you look through

  33. 33

    avtryckare

    shutter button

    Tip: 'tryck ner avtryckaren'

  34. 34

    fokuspunkt

    focus point

    Tip: 'flytta fokuspunkten'

  35. 35

    skärpedjup

    depth of field

    Tip: how much is sharp

  36. 36

    brus

    grain

    Tip: in dark photos

  37. 37

    upplösning

    resolution

    Tip: 'hög upplösning'

  38. 38

    format

    format

    Tip: 'stående eller liggande format'

  39. 39

    beskärning

    crop

    Tip: the noun

  40. 40

    kontrast

    contrast

    Tip: 'höja kontrasten'

  41. 41

    mättnad

    saturation

    Tip: 'för hög mättnad'

  42. 42

    vitbalans

    white balance

    Tip: why indoor photos go orange

  43. 43

    redigeringsprogram

    editing program

    Tip: 'ett enkelt redigeringsprogram'

  44. 44

    molnlagring

    cloud storage

    Tip: where they all end up

  45. 45

    lagringsutrymme

    storage space

    Tip: 'slut på lagringsutrymme'

  46. 46

    fotobok

    photo book

    Tip: printed once a year, ideally

  47. 47

    minne

    memory

    Tip: both the card and the thing itself