"aperture priority" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (photography, often used attributively) A setting in many professional-grade and advanced-amateur-grade cameras which allows a photographer to manually set the aperture setting of an exposure while the camera then automatically selects the correct shutter speed for that exposure. Tags: attributive, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Photography Synonyms: aperture-priority Related terms: shutter priority Translations (camera setting with automatic shutter speed for aperture exposure set manually): prioridade de abertura [feminine] (Portuguese)

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