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What is the difference between aperture and shutter speed?

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Question added by Mounia Adel , Communications Officer , Etisalat
Date Posted: 2017/07/10

to place concrete of a column 12 ft height at once, but I am limited with 7 ft shuttering as source, I make 2nd placement by prociding: --Rebar design no change --1st and 2nd concrete placement no offset --Interface clean and rough

Depth of field and time representation, respectively. Am I the only one here with impression that some questions should be typed in the Google instead of "professional" website?

Raul Roldan
by Raul Roldan , Sales Executive , Bahrain Livestock Co.

Aperture controls the distance range for how far away objects can be from the camera for them to appear sharp and in focus in the picture. While Shutter speed is used to provide a sense of movement and is important in capturing images for objects that are not still.

يوسف دمدوم
by يوسف دمدوم , مهندس و مسير , مقاولة اشغال البناء

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Aperture and Shutter Speed are two terms that are always referred when talking of photography, these are two out of the many things that can affect the quality of your photos. Aperture and Shutter Speed are two terms that are often misunderstood and used almost interchangeably. However, they are different and have significance in the overall impact of your photos. Aperture and shutter speed are dependent upon light and make use of it to enhance the features of photographs.

In order for an image to be captured on a film, it needs exposure to light. There are two tools in a camera to control the amount of light reaching the film called shutter and aperture. Shutter keeps all light blocked until you press its button. It quickly opens and closes, briefly allowing light to go inside. You can control the amount of light entering by increasing or decreasing the shutter speed. The light reaches the film after passing through a small opening called aperture. You can control the aperture opening, also known as f-stop. Smaller f-stops mean larger openings, while larger f-stops mean smaller openings.

Long exposure of 1 second gives much more light to the film than an exposure of 1/1000 seconds. Exposure is all about controlling shutter speeds and aperture openings called f-stops. Combinations of shutter speed and aperture opening can drastically alter the finished image quality. Since both aperture and shutter speeds are counted in stops, it is crucial to keep a balance between the two. If you are taking a stop from aperture, it is better to give a stop to shutter.

Normally, a faster shutter speed requires a larger aperture to allow enough light into the camera, and a slower shutter speed will require the aperture to be small to prevent too much light from entering the camera. If you are shooting in brilliant light, you need to keep a high shutter speed to allow only a little bit of light entering inside the camera. Shooting a stationary object or slow moving object can be shot with a slower shutter speed but for an object that is moving fast, you need a fast shutter speed.

If you are a beginner and do not want to confuse yourself with all this jargon, it is better to get hold of a camera with a semi-automatic setting.

Md Shariful Islam Pavel
by Md Shariful Islam Pavel , Manager Product Development , Simple Approach Ltd.

Shutter speed controls the time frame of light access towards photosensative element(sensor or film) on the other hand aperture controls the amount of light getting inside towards the photo sensetive element. By controlling the aperture we control the hole diameter inside the lens and by controlling shutterspeed we control the speed of shutter release curtain and mirror. 

Changing the aperture puts effect of a pictures depth of field but shutter speed doesn't make any changes of depth of field of a photo.

Slow shutter speeds allow more light into the camera sensor and are used for low-light and night photography, while fast shutter speeds help to freeze motion. Examples of shutter speeds: 1/15 (1/15th of a second), 1/30, 1/60, 1/125. Aperture – a hole within a lens, through which light travels into the camera body

nitish kumar vatsh
by nitish kumar vatsh , Photographer , Hnak(Al Musbah International Trading Company)

Aperture: it defines the amount of light entered into the camera. Aperture looks like our eyes n also acts as our eyes do. It allows definite amount of light to get into the camera as required to give a beautiful photograph. Whereas Shutter speed: shutter is also a mechanism which defines the duration of light entering into the camera. Shutter always certains the time period for light for proper exposure. Right combination or setting of aperture, shutter n ISO makes a perfect picture click.

mark munywoki
by mark munywoki , Volunteer , maji mazuri childrens home

aperture refers to the extent in which the aperture blade can remain open or closed in order to manipulate the amount of light coming to the camera. Shutter speed refers to how fast you want the light to reach your camera sensor for imaging

Almahdee Gaddong
by Almahdee Gaddong , Senior Graphic Designer , BrandLand

The difference between aperture and shutter speed is

The aperture is the diameter hole within the lens which light travel to the camera.

Shutter speed is the length of time which the light travel to the camera

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