I find that one of the most common concerns among people is that they don’t feel comfortable with their cameras. There could be a lot of reasons for this, such as camera size and weight, not knowing what the camera does, or how to manipulate the camera to get YOUR desired results. The first thing I will always advise is to read your manual. You will never know how to effectively use it if you don’t read it the book.
So now you’ve read your book and you are at a loss as to what those words even mean…I have taken a few of the basic terms and put them in plain ol’ English for you.
APERTURE:
The opening of a lens, the size of which is controlled
by a diaphragm. The term is commonly used to designate f-stops,
such as f/4, f/5.6 etc., which are actually arrived at by
dividing the focal length of the lens by the diameter of the
aperture. The wider the opening, the lower the f-number, and
the more light is let through the lens. Each stop in
aperture represents a halving or doubling of light. Thus, f/8
allows in half as much light as f/5.6, and twice as much light as
f/11.
APERTURE PRIORITY:
An autoexposure mode in which the
aperture is selected and the exposure system selects the
appropriate shutter speed for a correct exposure. Sometimes
referred to as AV or simply A on exposure mode controls.
by a diaphragm.
SHUTTER SPEED:
An element of exposure: the duration of time in
which light is allowed to strike the senor.
SHUTTER PRIORITY:
An auto exposure mode where the shutter
speed is user-selected and the exposure system chooses an
appropriate aperture for correct exposure.
EXPOSURE:
The amount of light that enters the lens and strikes
the sensor. Exposures are broken down into aperture,
which is the diameter of the opening of the lens, and shutter
speed, which is the amount of time the light strikes the film. Thus,
exposure is a combination of the intensity and duration of light.
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