photographic accessories [2]

Add-on devices that improve or change the way a camera operates.

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 to supply power to another device.

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.