❚❚ A Aperture-Priority Auto

 

In aperture-priority auto, you choose the aperture while the

 

camera automatically selects the shutter speed that will produce

 

the optimal exposure. Large apertures (low f-numbers) reduce

 

depth of field, blurring objects behind and in front of the main

 

subject. Small apertures (high f-numbers) increase depth of

 

field, bringing out details in the background and foreground.

 

Short field depths are generally used in portraits to blur back-

 

ground details, long field depths in landscape photographs to

 

bring the foreground and background into focus.

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Large aperture (f/5.6)

Small aperture (f/16)

Choosing an Aperture

Rotate the multi selector counterclockwise for larger apertures (lower f-num- bers), clockwise for smaller apertures (higher f-numbers). The minimum and maximum values depend on the lens currently in use.

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