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Aperture
hi everyone, sorry if its been asked already but can somone explain too me in laymans terms about aperture as i do get very confused . .......... f 1.8 make the background out of focus ? and the larger the number ie you get more background in focus ? or is it the other way around !! god i wish it was more simple ! i have always used shutter speed as i understand that ie motorbike racing to freeze action its shutter speed 70 and smokey water about shutter speed 15/ or 20 ... many thanks for any help. trace x
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There is a good cheat sheet that explains things really well HERE
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Take a look at this video, it explains aperture very well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyadfAkihAs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyadfAkihAs
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Cakey my Apereture priority was spot on.
Manual mode not so much.
Manual mode not so much.
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