Manual vs Automatic Aperture Settings

Video Transcript

"In order to have full control of the photographs you're taking, you want to have a manual aperture setting. Albeit, an automatic setting can come in handy for a beginning photographer or somebody without a lot of time. But, if you want to take full control over your images you need to have full control over the aperture. Because, the aperture controls not only the amount of light that is coming in. But, also the depth of field. You'll see here on my camera, that when you're set to a manual setting that you can control the aperture and range. The full aperture starting at three point five moving up on to four. And, it goes all the way up to twenty-two. Now, all of these have F-stops have different values. They re all going to create a different depth of field. And, they're all going to allow a different amount of light in. It's important to be remember, that the wider your aperture is open the more lights going to come in. And, also that the wider your aperture is open the less depth of field you're going to have. So, again automatic aperture settings can come in handy for somebody who is learning about photography. And, doesn't want to get into the nitty gritty. Or, someone who just doesn't have a lot of time in between taking their images. But, in order to take full control of your images you're going to want to have manual aperture settings. There is another feature on this camera that's kind of like a hybrid in between manual and automatic. It's called aperture priority. This means that the camera will take care of the aperture setting for you. And, you only have to worry about the shutter speed. Now, the opposite of that is shutter priority. And, again the camera will take care of the shutter speed. And, you learn about the aperture. This is a good learning tool. Because, you know maybe you don't fully understand both aperture and shutter speed. And, how they balance out. So, you can get the camera to handle one and you handle the other. And, then down the road maybe you will be able to handle both of them. But, again I encourage anyone who is serious about photography to learn about the manual aperture settings. And, to take full control of their photos that way."