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  2. f-number - Wikipedia

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    A Canon 7 mounted with a 50 mm lens capable of f /0.95 A 35 mm lens set to f /11, as indicated by the white dot above the f-stop scale on the aperture ring. This lens has an aperture range of f /2 to f /22. The word stop is sometimes confusing due to its multiple meanings. A stop can be a physical object: an opaque part of an optical system ...

  3. Stopping down - Wikipedia

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    Reducing the aperture size increases the depth of field of the image. In the case of film cameras, this allows less light to reach the film plane – to achieve the same exposure after stopping down, it is necessary to compensate for the reduced light by either increasing the exposure time, or using a photographic film with a higher film speed ...

  4. Waterhouse stop - Wikipedia

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    The Waterhouse stop or Waterhouse diaphragm is an interchangeable diaphragm with an aperture (hole) for controlling the entry of light into a camera. A thin piece of metal (the diaphragm) is drilled with a hole (the aperture); a set of these with varying hole sizes makes up a set of Waterhouse stops, corresponding to what today we call f-stops ...

  5. Aperture - Wikipedia

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    In digital photography, the 35mm-equivalent aperture range is sometimes considered to be more important than the actual f-number. Equivalent aperture is the f-number adjusted to correspond to the f-number of the same size absolute aperture diameter on a lens with a 35mm equivalent focal length. Smaller equivalent f-numbers are expected to lead ...

  6. Entrance pupil - Wikipedia

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    In photography, the size of the entrance pupil (rather than the size of the physical aperture stop) is used to calibrate the opening and closing of the diaphragm aperture. The f-number (also called the ' relative aperture '), N, is defined by N = f / E N, where f is the focal length and E N is the diameter of the entrance pupil. [2] Increasing ...

  7. Exposure (photography) - Wikipedia

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    For example, the photographer may prefer to make his sunny-16 shot at an aperture of f /5.6 (to obtain a shallow depth of field). As f /5.6 is 3 stops "faster" than f /16, with each stop meaning double the amount of light, a new shutter speed of (1/125)/(2·2·2) = 1/1000 s is needed. Once the photographer has determined the exposure, aperture ...

  8. Exposure value - Wikipedia

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    Although all camera settings with the same EV nominally give the same exposure, they do not necessarily give the same picture. The f-number (relative aperture) determines the depth of field, and the shutter speed (exposure time) determines the amount of motion blur, as illustrated by the two images at the right (and at long exposure times, as a ...

  9. Glossary of video terms - Wikipedia

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    F-Stop (also known as f-number or f-system) The speed or ability of a lens to pass light. It is calculated by dividing the focal length of the lens by its diameter. The f-stop also is a factor in more areas of focus in the image known as Depth of Field.