aperture-priority

A form of aperture priority — 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)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of aperture priority.
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aperture-priority. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aperture-priority

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“aperture-priority.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aperture-priority. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aperture-priority,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aperture-priority.

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