Wednesday, January 7, 2026

BLOG QUESTION ADV: F-STOPS EXPLAINED

What is the difference between the aperture and the iris? In your own words, what is an F-stop? What is the difference between each stop? Explain in detail.
The iris is the mechanism which is a circular shield with a hole that opens and closes depending on how much light you want in the camera. The aperture is the name of that hole. The F-stop numbers is the scale of numbers that tells you how much light is coming into the camera (aperture size). The F-stop scale either doubles or halves the amount of light. The smaller the aperture, the less light is being let into the camera, giving the image a Deeper Dof. The larger the aperture, the more light is being let in, giving the image a shallower DoF.

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