Aperture (
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The aperture stop of a lens can be adjusted to control the amount of light reaching the image sensor. This is similar to the way the pupil of the human eyes reacts to bright light.
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Auto | This option automatically adjusts aperture value |
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Manual | You can adjust the overall image brightness by controlling the aperture. |
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Setting the aperture manually:
•Opening the aperture (reduce the aperture value)
| Objects closer and further away than the focused subject will be out of focus. | Aperture |
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• | Closing the aperture (increase the aperture value) | F5.6 |
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| The range in focus expands forward and backward. |
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| You will see that both the subject and the background are all in focus if you use a high |
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•Touch the decrease (
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•The possible setting range for the aperture varies with zooming.
•When you specify “Aperture: Manual,” the iSCENE mode is cancelled and “Shutter” is set to “Auto” automatically. (Manual Aperture Priority)
