Photography Related Glossary & Reference (I)

ICC Profiles - Detailed information about color qualities in a device, also referred to as profile.

i-Link - The name Sony uses for FireWire.

IEEE-1394 - Another name for FireWire.

Image Buffering - If you plan on taking a lot of pictures in rapid succession it is imperative to have a large memory buffer. You camera can store the pictures in the buffer without actually saving them to a memory card which can slow down the capturing process.

Image stabilization - This is an option that uses shake resistant lenses in your camera. This can avoid blurry images due to hand movement.

Interpolation - This is a way to increase or decrease the number of pixels in your image. The quality of enlarged images is heavily dependent on this method.

Iris - Mechanism that allows to control of the amount of light introduced to the lens by creating circular apertures.

ISO - This number measures the sensitivity of the image sensor in film to the amount of light introduced. The higher the ISO, the more sensitivity in the image sensor.