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photographic accessories
Add-on devices that improve or change the way a camera operates.
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flashcube
Glass cube with a lamp on each of its sides; rotating the cube provides four separate flashes.
battery
Device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy.
flash lamp
Single-use lamp that produces a brief and intense flash of light to compensate for inadequate lighting.
electronic flash
Device with a lamp that produces a brief and intense flash of light; it is used to compensate for inadequate lighting.
mounting foot
Device used to mount the flash onto the accessory shoe.
photoelectric cell
Detector that measures the intensity of ambient light and controls the amount of light emitted by the flash.
flashtube
Part that concentrates and channels light from the lamp toward the subject to be photographed.