
12
THE BASICS
APERTURE
Your lens’s aperture setting plays a large role in
capturing the image you want. e aperture is a
diaphragm located within the lens itself that allows
the user to control the amount of light passing
through it. e larger the aperture, the more light
is able to reach the image sensor. e aperture’s
movements are closely related to the shutter speed
movements when deciding on an exposure setting
for a particular photo.
As you’ll recall from the previous section, shutter
speed is a measure of how long the shutter curtain
remains open to allow light into the camera. Because
both the aperture and shutter speed settings aect ...