Aperture, shutter and ISO value
With this camera simulator you can try different aperture and shutters to affect a photos light, depth and motion blur. Try also to change the camera’s light sensitivity by manipulating its ISO value. A higher ISO value gives higher sensitivity to light, which allows faster shutter speeds. The disadvantage is that the picture is more grainy.
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Aperture
The Aperture function is to regulate the amount of light admitted through the lens. The larger the aperture opening, the more light comes through.
How the aperture is set also affects the image depth. If the aperture is large (low aperture value) the light transmission will be height and the depth of focus short. Which means that when the aperture is small (high aperture value) the light transmission will be small and the depth of focus far.
To see how this looks, you can click in the box “link aperture/shutter” and pull the aperture control. Note how the background depth of focus change.
Shutter
The camera’s shutter regulates image exposure. The longer the shutter is open, the more light get through. When shooting, it is important to find the right balance between the shutter and aperture value.
A short shutter mostly requires a lower aperture value. The shutter also affects the image motion blur if you shoot a subject on the move. A long shutter time results in a motion blur while a short time becomes sharper as the subject will not have time to move as much.
ISO
ISO is short for International Organization for Standardization and tells the camera’s light sensitivity. In analogue cameras with film is the film’s luminous display.
A high ISO value makes the camera more light sensitive so you can shoot with quick/short shutter speeds in a dark environment. The disadvantage of a high ISO value is that the picture is more grainy.
Light meter
Most SLR cameras has a built-in light meter. The light meter shows how the image exposure values are set.
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Thank you so much for creating this! I have been looking for something like this to use in my classroom to demonstrate how exposure works for years! It even changes the depth of field! Seriously, love it! My students seemed to understand exposure so much more when I was able to have them tell me which level to adjust while they watched the photo and light meter change!!
GREAT!
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Nice to hear that you like it. I have plans to add more photos, just have to find the time to do it.
This is great simulator. I just started learning photography and still have to think a lot how to adjust my camera. This is really helpful. could you add more pictures?
This is awesome! Just for suggestion, maybe you’d like to try this with an image of a race car at night that still has lots of depth to help people balance exposure time with aperture to achieve blur or freezing motion. This is really awesome though!
Hi Tobias,
I like this simulator, you did a good job !
I would like to include the off-line version in my educational Digital Photography course CD-ROM (commercial, in french). Of course the appropriate mentions (authoring, etc.) you’d wish will clearly appear.
I you don’t agree, I will like your simulator all the same.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
Kindly yours,
Michel MESSUD
this simulator kicks ass. Thank-you for the demonstration!!
i think that this site needs more pictures to test
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