aperture priority

noun

A setting in many professional-grade and advanced-amateur-grade cameras which allows a photographer to manually set the aperture setting of an exposure while the camera then automatically selects the correct shutter speed for that exposure.

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Meanings

nounaperture priority (uncountable)

alternative aperture-priority

  1. attributiveoftenuncountableartsA setting in many professional-grade and advanced-amateur-grade cameras which allows a photographer to manually set the aperture setting of an exposure while the camera then automatically selects the correct shutter speed for that exposure.

    For landscapes, still lifes, portraits and the like, you'll want an aperture-priority camera. It lets you set the lens opening, while it sets the shutter speed automatically.

    1978 October, “One of these cameras was made just for you”, in Penthouse, retrieved 25 Feb 2014, page 22

Translations

Portuguese prioridade de abertura
  • prioridade de aberturacamera setting with automatic shutter speed for aperture exposure set manually
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