From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Technical Knowledge
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What is aperture?
Rich Harrington: Hi, my name's Rich Harrington. Robbie Carman: And I'm Robbie Carman. Rich Harrington: And this week, we're going to continue our in-depth look at the exposure triangle. Last week, we took a look at how this was a three-sided relationship, balancing out the different features of the camera. And this week, we want to dig in-depth to that first one, which is aperture. But some of you know this as a different name. Rob, how do we express the aperture of the camera. Robbie Carman: Well, a lot of photographers are going to know this as an f-stop. And people who have you know, worked in the cinema industry might know it as a T-stop. Rich Harrington: Okay. Robbie Carman: And basically what this aperture refers to is how much light is going to be let into the lens, thus exposing the sensor or, back in the old days the film to light incoming into the camera. Rich Harrington: So you have a prime lens there. Robbie Carman: I do. Rich Harrington: This is one of my older 28mm…
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