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shutter-priority
[ shuht-er-prahy-or-i-tee, -awr- ]
adjective
, Photography.
- of or relating to a semiautomatic exposure system in which the photographer presets the shutter speed and the camera selects the aperture.
shutter priority
noun
- photog an automatic exposure system in which the photographer selects the shutter speed and the camera then automatically sets the correct aperture Compare aperture priority
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Origin of shutter-priority1
First recorded in 1970–75
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