The lens manufacturers use many abbreviations and acronyms to communicate the features and functionality of a particular product.
Although the objective is useful to inform on the ability of a given product the choice of using completely different words a little mixed up ‘the lives of amateur and who, at the first arms, lies inundated by a series of acronyms that do not grasp the meaning .
Thanks to the table on the cover you can get an overview and to find the equivalence between the terms used by various manufacturers. Here the terms are considered:
- Image Stabilization: Indicates the presence of a stabilizer that tries to compensate for camera shake when shooting.
- Silent Wave Motor: Indicates the presence of a high-end engine that is able to focus without annoying noise and fast to satisfy even the users in sport
- Pro Lens: An indicator that serves to clarify the high quality of the product will be aimed at a professional audience
- Low-Dispersion Glass: This indicates the use of lenses to minimize chromatic aberration.
- Full Frame and Crop Frame: Indicates which format is compatible with a specific objective
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