to stop down the lens
1stop down — transitive verb : to reduce the effective aperture of (a lens) by means of a diaphragm intransitive verb : to make a lens opening smaller by means of a diaphragm * * * stop down (of a camera lens) to reduce the size of the aperture • • • Main… …
2stop down — verb To decrease the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a lower number to an f/stop represented by a higher number. The f/stops are arranged so that as you stop down, each stop allows half the amount of light to …
3stop down — transitive verb Date: circa 1891 to reduce the effective aperture of (a lens) by means of a diaphragm …
4stop — or [stäp] vt. stopped, stopping [ME stoppen < OE stoppian (in comp.) < WGmc stoppōn < VL * stuppare, to stop up, stuff < L stuppa < Gr styppē, tow < IE * stewe , to thicken, contract > Gr styphein, to contract, Sans stuka,… …
5The Shining (film) — The Shining Theatrical release poster Directed by Stanley Kubrick Produced by Stanle …
6Stop motion — (or frame by frame) animation is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved by small amounts between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the… …
7The Dark Phoenix Saga — Cover of X Men Legends Volume 2: Dark Phoenix Saga  (1990), trade paperback collected edition. Art by John Byrne. Publisher Marvel Comics …
8The Shining (novel) — The Shining   First edition …
9stop — stopless, adj. stoplessness, n. /stop/, v., stopped or (Archaic) stopt; stopping; n. v.t. 1. to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running. 2. to cause to cease; put an end to: to stop noise in the street. 3. to interrupt, arrest, or… …
10stop — [[t]stɒp[/t]] v. stopped, stop•ping, n. 1) to cease from or discontinue: to stop running[/ex] 2) to cause to cease: to stop crime[/ex] 3) to interrupt or check 4) to cut off, intercept, or withhold: to stop supplies[/ex] 5) to restrain or prevent …
