Photography Lingo in French

[Darkhorse]

Hello all,
I'll be heading to Paris in April. For work, although there may be time for some minor sightseeing. I will be doing some photography there, and may have to train some individuals who don't speak English very well in the ways of some of the photography that I'll be doing.

I speak some French, although I am a bit rusty. I'm not familiar with photography terms however. Could anyone give me some vocabulary tips?

 

[skibeerr]

I would like to help, perhaps it's better if you give the terms you need translated.

Wim

 

[Darkhorse]

Well, all the basics.
Shutter, aperture and/or ƒ stop, viewfinder, lens, focal length, [LCD] screen, USB cabled, all the basic digital camera parts essentially.

Something more complicated:
Copy stand, copy lights, camera shake, bracketing, highlights/shadows, "blown out" as in a blown out highlight, fill light, kicker light. Things like this.

 

[greyelm]

Is this link any use?


http://home.online.no/~gjon/fototerm.htm

 

[tapesonthefloor]

Hey, I'll be there at the same time, burning through as much film as possible! Have a great trip.

Lens = objectif, and tele lens = téléobjectif. I tend to remember those because it's such a cool word.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Obturateur (Shutter)

But it sounds so much like a political insult

Profondeur de champ (Depth of field)

But it sounds so much like a joke

Both from a limited vocabulary, but they work.

USB is USB, pronounced Oooo Ess Bay, but I don't know if you need a fil (fee, wire) or cable (caaarbl, cable).

Amitiés,

R.

 

[tapesonthefloor]

Off-topic: Hi Roger! Your photo journals of Arles are directly responsible for my trip planning going into high gear for this spring. I first clicked two weeks ago, and started researching flights that night. Thank you!

 

[Roger Hicks]

Off-topic: Hi Roger! Your photo journals of Arles are directly responsible for my trip planning going into high gear for this spring. I first clicked two weeks ago, and started researching flights that night. Thank you!

See you there! Great!

(Insh'Allah, of course).

Cheers,

R.

 

[David67]

Aperture : diaphragme or ouverture de diaphragme
speed : vitesse
shutter speed : vitesse d'obturation
shutter : obturateur
lens: objectif
manual focus: mise au point manuelle
autofocus : autofocus
to focus : mettre au point
rangefinder camera : appareil télémétrique
rangefinder : télémètre
exposure : exposition
metering : mesure de la lumière
subject : sujet
out of focus : flou
sharp / in focus : net
depth of field : profondeur de champ
wide angle : grand angle
telephoto : téléobjectif
film : pellicule
digital : numérique
overexposed : sur-exposé
underexposed : sous-exposé

Let me know if you think of something else.

Cheers

 

[tlitody]

Whats bokeh in french ?

 

[tlitody]

have a look at the following site. If you speak some french then you should pick up more terms you'll need from it:

http://35mm-compact.com/forum/index.php

 

[gekopaca]

zoom lens = téléobjectif

No it isn't!

téléobjectif is long-focus lens (telephoto lens)
zoom is…zoom

 

[gekopaca]

Whats bokeh in french ?

bokeh is…bokeh

 

[tlitody]

bokeh is…bokeh

Just checking. Knowing the French I thought they would have their own french word for it.

 

[Roger Hicks]

No it isn't!

téléobjectif is long-focus lens (telephoto lens)
zoom is…zoom

Sacré bleu, mon vieux! Are you sure there isn't a longer way to say 'zoom'? The Academy exists to preserve such things! Yesterday I discovered that my (bilingual) 20-year-old adopted daughter had never heard the term "avion à reaction" (she thought it was 'jet'), and I must be the last person in France to say 'télécopieur' instead of 'fax'.

Recevez, je vouis prie, cher Monsieur, l'assurance de mes sentiments les plus distingués...

Cheers,

R.

 

[gekopaca]

Sacré bleu, mon vieux! Are you sure there isn't a longer way to say 'zoom'?

I guess there's : "objectif à focale variable". But nobody will understand!

Bien à vous,

 

[gekopaca]

Just checking. Knowing the French I thought they would have their own french word for it.

I thought the English would have their own too ("boke" is a japanese word) ;-)

"flou d'arrière-plan"? (never used)

interesting :
"la minceur de champ" (Roland Barthes in " la chambre claire")

 

[alexnotalex]

haha remember, for a smile just get your subject to say "fromaaage!"

 

[35mmdelux]

two words: Interpreter/dictionary

 

[xayraa33]

My all time favorite French(Canadian) word is "tabernac".

I use it when I forget to change shutter speed or aperture ring setting when the light changes and I already pressed the shutter button.:bang: