stop down

stop down

To reduce the aperture of a camera lens. If your pictures are coming out too bright, be sure to stop down the lens. Stopping the lens down allows you to focus on a single point in the frame, rather than having every part of the picture in focus equally.

See also: down, stop

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stop down

v.

To reduce the aperture of some lens: The photographer stopped the lens down in order to increase the picture's depth of field. If your photograph is too bright, you should stop down the aperture.

See also: down, stop

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