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Stand Camera: Large format camera usually mounted on a rigid stand.

Standard Lens: Lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the film format with which it is used.

Static Marks: Jagged fog marks on negatives as a result of a very dry film being rewound or unwound too rapidly.

Step Wedge: Printed series of density increases, in regular steps from transparent to opaque. Its a method of making exposure tests when enlarging.

Stereoscope: Viewer which accepts pairs of stereoscopic images.

Stereoscopic Camera: Camera designed to take simultaneous images of the same subject from viewpoints separated by the same distance as that between the eyes.

Stereoscopy: Method of creating a three dimensional effect on a two dimensional surface using a pair of images taken from slightly different viewpoints, and viewed through specially made stereo viewers.

Still Life: Inanimate subject, either in the studio, or outdoors, normally arranged to make full use of form, shape and lighting.

Stock Solution: Processing chemicals which may be stored in a concentrated state and diluted just before use.

Stop: Aperture of a camera or enlarging lens.

Stop Bath: Chemical bath whose purpose is to stop development by neutralizing unwanted developer. This increases precision of development and prevents carry over of one chemical into another during development.

Stop Down Metering: Ttl metering in which the light is measured at the picture-taking aperture.

Stopping Down: Reducing the size of the lens aperture and thus the amount of light passing into the camera. It increases depth of field.

Straight Photography: Term used to describe picture making with minimal manipulation of the photographic process.

Stress Marks: Black lines on a photographic emulsion caused by friction or pressure.

Strobe Light: Low power electronic flash that can fire repeatedly at regular, controlled intervals.

Studio Camera: Term given to a large format 12 x 15 inch camera on a wheeled stand.

Sub-Miniature Camera: Camera using a film format smaller than 35mm.

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