What is the cameras aperture?
The aperture relates to how much of the lens is opened. When you look at your camera lens, one end extends the furthest from the camera, while the other is next to a diaphragm in the body of the camera. The diaphragm controls the size of the aperture. Think of the pupil in your eye. Notice that when you enter a dark room, your pupil opens very wide, to allow in as much light as possible. When you go outside on a sunny day, your pupil constricts (that’s tech talk for “gets smaller”) because it wants to reduce the amount of light that enters your eye. The aperture in your camera works the same way. When there is a lot of light, the aperture will usually be set to a small physical opening (denoted by a large number). Click the “play” button below for more information on the aperture.When there is very little light available, the aperture will usually be set to a large physical opening (denoted by a small number). One of the most confusing aspects of basic photography is sometimes just the
