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Understanding aperture value and f-stops

Understanding aperture value and f-stops

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Understanding aperture value and f-stops

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Have you ever looked at your eyes in a mirror in very, very dark light? You may have noticed that your pupil, that black part of your eye, gets really wide in dark light. That's to accommodate, try to get as much light as possible so that you can see. Now, if you've ever been outside in a very bright situation, kinda hurts when you first go out there. Your pupil's going to get very, very small and that's because there's so much light coming in. Your eyes need to, to make adjustments so that you can see everything. If you think about your camera's lens as an extension of your eye, then you already understand aperture. In order to get a good exposure when you're taking a photograph. You've got an aperture inside your lense and that's a hole just like the pupil in your eye. When it's very dark out, you need to have a wide aperture. A large large apeture so that as much light as possible can come into your camera, hitting the sensor that's going to create the image. On the flip side of…

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