Just thought I should write down some photographic terms in Japanese for myself and the valued readership.

On Sunday, I am going to the club meeting of my local camera club. I have never been in a camera club before, but the thought of being in a Japanese camera club somehow intrigues me. It is not a very big group, around 10 people, and, as you can imagine, the average age is well above 50. But they seem a jolly bunch, meet once a month and do some outings together (the ones you imagine, Japanese snappers with big gadget cameras all over the place, as depicted here). So I should arm myself with some useful words, to be able to critique some images and explain myself.

Addendum (Sep 6): I have been to the camera club meeting, and it was interesting. However I somehow don’t like the “sensei” having the ultimate authority over what is a good photo and what isn’t, and running around with those cropping bars and selecting a 10th of the original shot. Anyway, my word list helped and I have added some more words, and keep doing so from now on. And I have memorised this Japanese expression, in case I get ever too bothered about what I consider unjustified criticism:

(n) (col) Several men, several minds, everyone has his own ideas and tastes, everyone has his own interests and ideas, different strokes for different folks
十人十色 [じゅうにんといろ]

So here goes with the word list…

(n,vs) photographing, (P)
撮影 [さつえい]

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photographer
撮影者 [さつえいしゃ]

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(v5r) to take (a photo), to make (a film), (P)
撮る [とる]

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(n) image quality (film, video, etc.)
画質 [がしつ]

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(n) image, picture, portrait, (P)
画像 [がぞう]

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(n,vs) developing (film), (P)
現像 [げんぞう]

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(n,vs) dilution, e.g. 1:1, 1:2 etc.(P)
希釈 [きしゃく]

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developing solution
現像液 [げんぞうえき]

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(photographic) fixing agent
定着剤 [ていちゃくざい]

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(n) (photographic) fixing solution
定着液 [ていちゃくえき]

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clip test
切現 [きりげん]

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adjacency effects
隣接効果[りんせつこうか]

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(n) (photographic) exposure
露光量 [ろこうりょう]

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(n,vs) exposure, (P)
露出 [ろしゅつ]

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(n) exposure time
露出時間 [ろしゅつじかん]

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(n) exposure latitude (lit. degree of exposure tolerance)
露光寛容度 [ろこうかんようど]

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(n) exposure density (concentration, brightness) (P)
露光濃度 [ろこうのうど]

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(n) exposure meter
露出計 [ろしゅつけい]

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(n) underexposure
露出不足 [ろしゅつぶそく]

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(n) overexposure
露出過剰 [ろしゅつかじょう]

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(n) exposure correction/compensation, (P)
露出補正 [ろしゅつほせい]

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aperture
絞り [しぼり]

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(n) automatic exposure (AE), (P)
自動露出 [じどうろしゅつ]

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shutter priority, (P)
シャッタ優先 [ゆうせん]

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(n) aperture priority
絞り優先 [しぼりゆうせん]

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(n) shutter speed (P)
シャッタ速度 [シャッタそくど]

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F stop value
F値 [Fね]

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(n) holdings, goods on hand, handheld
手持ち [てもち]

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(adj-no,n) tripod, three legs
三脚 [さんきゃく]

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(n) depth of focus (field)
焦点深度 [しょうてんしんど]

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(n) out of focus, off the point
ピンぼけ

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(nl:) (n) a focus, focusation point (nl: brandpunt), (P)
ピント

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(n) exposure number, (P)
露出数 [ろしゅつすう]

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(n,n-suf) frame, slide, (P)
枠 [わく] (also フレーム)

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(n) torture, distortion, falsification, perversion
歪曲 [わいきょく]

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souvenir photograph
記念写真 [きねんしゃしん]

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(n) composite or montage photograph, or photograph in a series
組み写真 [くみしゃしん]

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(v1) to set up, (P) [e.g. camera]
構える [かまえる]

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several seconds, (P)
数秒 [すうびょう]

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(n) (abbr) backlighting
逆光 [ぎゃっこう]

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(n) backlight
逆光線 [ぎゃっこうせん]

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(n) sun, solar, (P)
太陽 [たいよう]

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(n) background, scenery, setting, circumstance, (P)
背景 [はいけい]

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(n) (photographic) subject, (P)
被写体 [ひしゃたい]

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(n) shade, shadow, other side, (P)
影 [かげ]

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(n) color tone
色調 [しきちょう]

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(n) composition
構図 [こうず]

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low contrast
ローコントラスト

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coupled rangefinder
連動距離計 [れんどうきょりけい]

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contact printing
密着焼付け[みっちゃくやきつけ]

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lens element
レンズ素子[レンズそし] (also エレメント)

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lens coating
レンズ蒸着 [レンズじょうちゃく] (also コーティング)

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receiving/take-up spool
レシービングスプール

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(n) (photographic) print
印画 [いんが] (also プリント)

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(n) (photographic) printing paper
印画紙 [いんがし]

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(n) cold tone print
冷調印画 [れいちょういんが]

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(n) photographic portrait
顔写真 [かおじゃしん]

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(n) (photographic) negative
種板 [たねいた]　(also ネガ)

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(n) photographic sensitivity
感光度 [かんこうど]

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(n) positive (photographic) image
陽画 [ようが]

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(n) photographic prints that you don’t keep
捨てポジ [すてポジ]

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good time to take a picture (lit: shutter chance)
シャッターチャンス

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(n) double-perforated film, two edge perforated film
両孔フィルム [りょうこうフィルム]

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(n) enlarger
引伸機 [ひきのばき]

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(n) enlarger
引伸機 [ひきのばき]

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medium size, cabinet size (in photography), medium format (camera)
中判 [ちゅうばん]

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large format (camera)
大判 [おおばん]

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(n) complementary color
余色 [よしょく]