Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shutter priority

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: shut-ter pri-or-i-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

shutter-priority (alternative)

Phrases

aperture priority

Frequently Paired Words

aperture priority

Questions

What does shutter priority mean?: 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.

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