Photo Basics - Aperture of a Lens Made Easy

In this video, I explain what lens aperture is using real examples. I also explain what those numbers really stand for and introduce the function of lens aperture and specifically how they impact the amount of light entering your camera system.
Subscribe for editing tips and behind-the-scenes videos as well as community contests and free giveaways:
www.patreon.com/WildlifeInspired
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best noise reduction and sharpening software: topazlabs.com/...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
MT FAVORITE GEAR
Nikon Z9: bhpho.to/3rM9O7A
Nikon 400mm 2.8 Z: bhpho.to/3tj806y
Nikon 105mm macro: bhpho.to/3NngzVI
Laowa 25mm ultra macro: bhpho.to/3F405g7
Leofoto monopod: bit.ly/46xfQYE
Robus Tripod: bhpho.to/46eAQn3
Promedia Gear Tomahawk (monopod gimbal): tinyurl.com/4v...
Promedia Katana Jr (tripod gimbal): tinyurl.com/yj...
Leofoto fluid head: bit.ly/3ZFtRB8
AK Diffuser: akdiffuser.com... (COUPON CODE skeys5 for more savings)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shopping for any of these brands? Use these links:
B&H (my online source with great delivery and service): bhpho.to/41vuugj
Promedia Gear: www.promediagear.com?aff=36
Leofoto: leofotousa.com...
Subscribe for editing tips and behind-the-scenes videos as well as community contests and free giveaways:
www.patreon.com/WildlifeInspired
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best noise reduction and sharpening software: topazlabs.com/...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
MY FAVORITE GEAR
Nikon Z9: bhpho.to/3rM9O7A
Nikon 400mm 2.8 Z: bhpho.to/3tj806y
Nikon 105mm macro: bhpho.to/3NngzVI
Laowa 25mm ultra macro: bhpho.to/3F405g7
Leofoto monopod: bit.ly/46xfQYE
Robus Tripod: bhpho.to/46eAQn3
Promedia Gear Tomahawk (monopod gimbal): tinyurl.com/4v...
Promedia Katana Jr (tripod gimbal): tinyurl.com/yj...
Leofoto fluid head: bit.ly/3ZFtRB8
AK Diffuser: akdiffuser.com... (COUPON CODE skeys5 for more savings)

[@AndrewClose-oi6ct]

As a new person to wildlife photography, and photography in general, I have so needed this video. Goodness me, I’m so grateful 😂. Thank you ☺️ 🙏🏻

[@andycoleman2708]

Great explanation! Once people realize that the number for aperture is fraction (ratio), then the fact that larger numbers are smaller openings makes more sense

[@WildlifeInspired]

Thanks!!

[@19Photographer76]

Good job, as is the norm with your videos. Maybe you could do one on how much light is absorbed by tube (or scattered), depending on the lens quality. Thanks Scott!

[@davidligon6088]

This is the best explanation of aperture, as it pertains to light, that I have ever seen. Very well done!

[@WildlifeInspired]

Thanks !!!

[@KeithJohnson.1]

Would I get an equally exposed image from both a 50mm Micro Four Thirds lens @ f/2.8 and a 50mm full frame lens @ f/2.8? The images would have different fields of view & depths of field but would appear equally bright on my monitor? Theoretically.
And thanks for your videos. I’m enjoying them very much.

[@WildlifeInspired]

yes sensor size would not change the exposure, however some sensors will "gather" or "interpret" the same amount of light differently. Often (not always) a full frame sensor with the same resolution as a crop sensor will produce a cleaner image given the same amount of light gathered, but that is a function of the ability of each pixel to gather light and the technology involved. Field of view with be much different! but light will not.

[@KeithJohnson.1]

@ Thanks. I shoot with OM System MFT for all the right reasons ;-) but still encounter so many people claiming Everything lens-wise gets doubled when calculating full frame 35mm system equivalency that I started to doubt myself.
Using MFT does make interpreting & learning from other’s EXIF data a mathematical chore sometimes! At least it’s an easy crop factor of 2 & not APSC’s 1.6.
Happy 2025. Be well.

[@Luke-dk4ei]

next up: t values vs f values

[@WildlifeInspired]

thats for you video types lol we will keep it to f stops

[@patrickmolloy6994]

another topic is that many photographers seem to think that cropping is the same as using a teleconverter. IT IS NOT. Please do a video to explain that. Thanks.

[@WildlifeInspired]

Just had a comment swearing I was an uneducated idiot for claiming TC and cropping are not the same.

[@Dan.gibson.photographer]

@@WildlifeInspireddefinitely not the same!!!

[@frankfurter7260]

Do I need to understand how my phone physically works to make an interesting or useful call?

[@WildlifeInspired]

This is about how things work. That's the point of the video. You also don't need to know how to cook to enjoy food yet lots of people enjoy understanding the process of cooking or even the ingredients. I'd suggest your comment is rather shallow. If you don't want to know how aperture works don't watch. For those beginners that are curious, I made a video. This channel wasn't created to cater to your specific curiousity. But feel free to pick and chose what to watch and what not to watch. Thanks.

[@adammutolo5800]

@@WildlifeInspiredNot sure any understanding would make a call with him interesting or useful…

[@NJEyeGuy2]

@@WildlifeInspired Scott, I for one fully enjoy and appreciate what you do for us. Been an amateur shooter since the mid 70's and yet I always manage to learn (or re-learn) something new and /or interesting from your videos. Btw, what does a frankfurter remind you of? Nuff said