March 2020
Intermediate to advanced
366 pages
9h 8m
English
Aperture is the diameter of the hole in the optical lens through which the light passes into the camera. The following picture shows examples of the opening set to different aperture values:

Aperture is usually measured using an f-number. The f-number is the ratio of the system's focal length to the diameter of the opening (the entrance pupil). We won't concern ourselves with the focal length of the lens; the only thing we need to know is that only zoom lenses have variable focal lengths, thus if we don't change the magnification ...
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