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shutter priority

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

Noun

shutter priority (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) A setting in many professional-grade and advanced-amateur-grade cameras which allows a photographer to manually set the shutter speed of an exposure while the camera then automatically selects the correct aperture setting for that exposure.
    • Most digital cameras (except for inexpensive auto-only models) have a shutter priority shooting mode. . . . [O]nce you select this setting, you can freely choose the shutter speed and the camera will set the matching aperture to properly expose the photo.2006 August 22, Dave Johnson, "Making the Most of Shutter Priority Mode," PC World (reposted on techhive.com) (retrieved 25 Feb 2014)

Forms of shutter priority

alternative formshutter-priority

Questions about shutter priority

What does shutter priority mean?
Shutter priority means a setting in many professional-grade and advanced-amateur-grade cameras which allows a photographer to manually set the shutter speed of an exposure while the camera then automatically selects the correct aperture setting for that exposure.
What part of speech is shutter priority?
Shutter priority is a noun.

Words near shutter priority in the dictionary

  1. shutter
  2. shutter chance
  3. shutter chances
  4. shutter dam
  5. shutter dams
  6. shutter priority
  7. shutter shades
  8. shutter speed
  9. shutter speeds
  10. shutter-priority
  11. shutterbug

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