How do I use a digital SLR - #4 - Using your digital SLR's aperture priority mode

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How do I use a digital SLR

#4 / July 29, 2010 / 3:35 min.

Using your digital SLR's aperture priority mode

In this episode, we'll show you

how to use aperture priority

mode when

using your digital SLR camera

. Like shutter priority mode, there are several unique uses for this mode, including

increasing your depth of field

and

taking pictures low light

. We'll show you the pros and cons to aperture priority mode in this tutorial!

show notes

- Aperture priority mode is often labeled A or Av on most digital SLRs.

- In aperture priority mode, you will have

control over the aperture size

while the camera controls the speed of the shutter.

- Once again, you might not see the difference immediately but there is a great difference between high and low aperture settings.

- What aperture priority mode does best is increase depth of field.

- With a low aperture setting or F-stop, the focus will remain on fewer objects and the aperture will remain narrow.

- A higher aperture setting or F-stop will allow more objects to come into focus simultaneously and the aperture will open wide.

- Higher aperture settings also allow for clearer shots in dimmer light and lower settings allow for clearer shots in bright areas.