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So what’s aperture all about?

No matter what camera or exposure mode you use, there are just two main ways to regulate how much light reaches an image sensor. One is shutter speed, which we’ll examine next issue. The other is aperture…

Aperture has an important effect on depth of field, which we explored in issue 134, but can impact on the sharpness

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