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Absolute F/stop numbers: relationship to shutter + aperture
I've discovered that my Sunpak 383 flash won't work automagically with my Nikon D70s since they don't talk much with each other. That's not great, but I can revert to manual mode o …
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When and Why would I use aperture priority (AV) mode over the others?
There are several settings on my camera, like P and so on one of them is AV I am quite not sure what it is and why it is there. I would like to know what it stands for and what fun …
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What actually does the Aperture do?
The aperture allows you to set specific ranges for the overall sharpness in your resulting picture.
The bigger the aperture is, the more light can get in and the image gets kind o …
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What does the term bokeh mean?
I've heard the term bokeh applied to photographs - I guess it must be something to do with focus. Can anyone clarify this?
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Is there a compelling reason to favor Aperture over iPhoto (or vice-versa) for non-RAW images?
I just received a lot of .tiff files from a friend, and I wondered if I should import them into Aperture, or if iPhoto would be better since they're not RAW images. While I'm at it …
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Will two different lenses with the same aperture and focal length require different shutter speeds?
Will two different lenses with the same aperture and focal length require different shutter speeds? Does the quality of the glass and the number of elements affect the amount of li …
