Shutter and Aperture... -- General Photography Talk in photography-on-the.net forums

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Feb 01, 2004 19:08 | #1

I am a complete newbie to cameras and I don't know what shutter speed and aperture does... Can somebody help me out and explain to me what these 2 features do?

Thank you.

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Feb 01, 2004 20:23 | #2

ALarsh wrote:
I am a complete newbie to cameras and I don't know what shutter speed and aperture does... Can somebody help me out and explain to me what these 2 features do?

Thank you.

Hello, welcome...

Start here ~

http://photonotes.org/articles/beginner-faq/

After you're done, and even while you're reading, snap lots of pictures.

And then proceed here ....

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22081

1D Mark II and stuff

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Feb 01, 2004 20:36 | #3

http://webpages.charter.net/setzler/exposure.pdf

This is a highly detailed tutorial & may be too complex for a complete newbie, however, it probably has all the information you'll ever need on this subject.

The quick explanation is that aperature is the size of the opening which lets light in, and shutter speed is the time that the shutter remains open, however, there is a lot more to it than this simple sentence.

Enjoy your new hobby

Rich B
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt"--Bertrand Russell

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