Attend any digital photography workshop, and inevitably you'll hear questions about digital . Photographers want to know: How are aperture priority and shutter priority modes different What does the ...

You can observe this by setting your camera to Aperture Priority mode and adjusting the aperture; the shutter speed will change with each adjustment.

Q–I have an automatic camera with both shutter and aperture priorities. Can you please explain how these work and how I determine which one to use? A–In the shutter-priority mode, the ...

Aperture priority is much like auto mode, but grants control over aperture and automates only shutter speed. Once your ISO is set, the camera will allow you to open or close aperture using a dial.

For now, set your camera to aperture priority mode (“A” or “Av” on your camera’s dial) and start shooting to see how your camera reacts when you change the value of your aperture.

Here we look at modes such as Shutter or Aperture Priority, along with the sometimes daunting Manual mode, to make getting out of auto that one bit easier.

While in anything other than full auto mode you can control all a camera's settings, but only Manual mode lets you adjust aperture and shutter speed independently. For more information about other ...

Pentax cameras offer a nifty Sensitivity Priority Mode, which fixes the shutter speed and aperture and allows the ISO sensitivity setting to fluctuate.

Basically, aperture-priority mode tells your camera this: Do whatever automated tricks you can to make this picture look good, but don't mess around with the aperture setting I picked.

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 ...