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Exposure & Metering

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Exposure & Metering

T-stop

A measured aperture value that accounts for the light a lens actually transmits, rather than the geometric ratio an f-number implies.

T = N / √(transmittance) T-stops
Exposure & Metering

Third Stop

A one-third-stop increment, the fine adjustment step most digital cameras use for aperture, shutter speed, ISO and exposure compensation.

⅓ stop = ×2^(1/3) ≈ ×1.26 stops (EV)
Exposure & Metering

Time Mode

A shutter setting, marked T, that opens the shutter on one press of the release and closes it on a second.

seconds