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Ground Glass Screen: Translucent glass sheet used for viewing and focusing the image on all large format and some reflex cameras.

Focusing Screen: Ground glass screen fixed to the camera at the image-forming plane, enabling the image to be viewed and focused.

Optical Glass: Is used for manufacturing lenses and prisms. It is specially manufactured to be free of defects and distortion, and to withstand heat and humidity. Each type f optical glass is classified ac . . . View Full Definition

Middle Ground: The area of a painting between the foreground and the background. In a landscape this usually where your focal point would be. See Background, Foreground.

Lenticular Screen: Lens system consisting of a screen containing a number of small lenses.there are two applications of lenticular systems. They are used in some exposure meters to gather light and to determin . . . View Full Definition

Lcd Viewscreen: Color LCD view screens are pretty much the norm on today's digital cameras; they can operate in place of, or in addition to, traditional viewfinders. Most cameras' lcds measure between 1.8' . . . View Full Definition

Perched Groundwater: An isolated body of ground-water that is perched above and separated from the main water table by an aquiclude.

Presymptomatic Screening: Testing to detect genetic disorders that only become apparent later in life. The tests are done before the condition actually appears, such as with Huntington disease.

Radar Screen: Radar screen is another term for radar display.

Pola-Screen: Another term for a polarizing filter.