Maximum Aperture

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Every time you press the shutter release to take the picture you are trying to capture, the camera’s shutter opens and light enters and hits the image sensor. In order to get the right amount of light to enter the lens and hit the image sensor, the camera needs to have an aperture. This is an adjustable hole in the lens that allows light to pass through. If the aperture was closed to far, not enough light would enter, causing the image to be too dark, while too much light would cause a white out effect.

In camera lingo an aperture setting would be referred to as an f-stop. For every f-stop that occurs, twice as much light enters. When considering f-stops for your next camera, f/1 is the smallest while f/45 is the largest. A range in between this would be a great fit.

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