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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.

Large aperture (f/5.6) Small aperture (f/16)

1 Choose an aperture.

Press W up for smaller apertures (higher f-numbers), down for larger apertures (lower f-numbers). The min- imum and maximum values depend on the lens currently in use.

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2 Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot.

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