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Meaning of shutter priority | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A setting in many professional-grade and advanced-amateur-grade cameras which allows a photographer to manually set the shutter speed of an exposure while the camera then automatically selects the correct aperture setting for that exposure.

attributive, often, uncountable

Examples

“Most digital cameras (except for inexpensive auto-only models) have a shutter priority shooting mode. . . . [O]nce you select this setting, you can freely choose the shutter speed and the camera will set the matching aperture to properly expose the photo.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

shutter shades shutter speed shutterbug Shuttered shutterer Shuttering

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