The A on your camera’s mode dial is not for Amateur (and the P is not for Professional, but that’s another story). Aperture priority mode, designated by A or Av on the camera’s mode dial, blends the ...

Not all cameras have an aperture-priority mode. If yours has one, you should use it. All the time. It'll give you more control over the look of your photos without having to dive into the complexities ...

Aperture priority – which is usually denoted by A or Av – is one of the most useful shooting modes on any camera, analogue or digital, because it’s the best tool for controlling depth of field. In ...

As you might expect, you use Aperture-priority mode when you need to control the size of the opening through which light travels to reach the sensor -- usually to affect the depth of field -- but ...

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Many aspiring photographers are led to believe that manual mode is the gold standard and the only setting that "real" photographers use. However, manual mode is just one tool a camera provides, and ...

Welcome to another edition of Let’s Talk Photography! Previously, I mentioned the exposure triangle and the three functions of the camera that make up that triangle; Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISO.

So you've got a new camera and are probably getting some great shots. But if your mode dial is still pointing at Auto, you probably have a pang of guilt that you're not making the most of your camera ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Digital Camera World Even if you've never manually adjusted the f-stop on your lens or ...

Flexible Priority, or Fv mode, was the first significant new creative zone exposure mode in decades. Introduced with the Canon EOS R, it’s now a standard mode on most R-series cameras as well as the ...

New photographers don’t have to go straight from auto to full manual mode without training wheels. Shutter priority mode is one of three semi-auto mode that mixes the best of auto and manual together.