Posts Tagged 'f/stop'

Neutral Density Filters and Graduated ND Filters

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Neutral Density Filters, or ND filters, may not initially seem very interesting to amateur photographers because all they do is reduce light, but they can be an important tool for professionals. For amateur photographers, understanding light can be a bit of a challenge. What amateurs don’t realize is that it’s all about control of light […]

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Aperture & Depth of Field Explained

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The aperture is a ‘hole’ located inside the lens. Also known as the diaphragm, this hole is formed by a series of overlapping metal blades. Adjusting the size of this hole to different f/stops allows more or less light to pass through the lens and onto the sensor (or film). F/stops are numbers that relates […]

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F/Stops Explained

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Here’s a quick (or not so quick) post about f/stops. This isn’t a post about apertures, although your f/stop relates to your aperture. The f/stop is the focal length (f) of the lens divided (/) by the Stop of the aperture. This gives you the diameter of the aperture (which you don’t really need to know […]

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