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aperture priority

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.

Noun

aperture priority (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) 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.
    • 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

Forms of aperture priority

alternative formaperture-priority

Questions about aperture priority

What does aperture priority mean?
Aperture priority means 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.
What part of speech is aperture priority?
Aperture priority is a noun.

Words near aperture priority in the dictionary

  1. aperturally
  2. aperturate
  3. aperture
  4. aperture membrane
  5. aperture membranes
  6. aperture priority
  7. aperture-priority
  8. apertured
  9. apertureless
  10. apertures
  11. apery

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