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Podcast
How Shutter Speed Works
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Today our topic of conversation is shutter speed, continuing our media science series about photography. Shutter speed refers to how long the shutter of a camera is open for. Shutter speed is closely tied to aperture.
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Podcast
What is Aperture?
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This week, we continue our media science conversation about cameras and talk about aperture, which adjusts how much light is seen by the film plane.
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Glossary
Aperture
Aperture is a ratio of the focal length of a camera to the diameter of the iris of the camera. With a wider aperture, which is a lower number, more light will get into the camera. With a more narrow aperture, which is a higher number, the amount of time the camera is taking that [...]
