stop down
verb
stopped down; stopping down; stops down
: to reduce the effective aperture of (a lens) by means of a diaphragm
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The Nets got within one in the fourth, but stops down the stretch kept Brooklyn at bay.
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Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024
Stars also appear quite sharp; the Fisheye is clearly tuned to get its best wide-open pictures for distant subjects, so there's no need to stop down as is the case when focusing close.
—PCMAG, 20 May 2024
Landscape photographers sometimes stop down all the way to create multipoint sunstars in photos, but the 800mm focal length is not ideal for landscape scenes that incorporate the sun.
—PCMAG, 25 Apr. 2024
The Provosts are inviting customers to stop down for a meal and a goodbye.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Wide-open resolution is a little better (4,200 lines) at the 50mm focal length, and the lens delivers similarly strong results stopped down as at 28mm.
—PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
Landscape specialists who want the sunstar effect in photos might opt to stop down, but even then, the effect is underwhelming with tines that lack clear definition.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
A couple stops down the street is the obligatory Pixar headquarters photo op.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
For another, a pair of producers killing an actor and causing a show to stop down?
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
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Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024
Stars also appear quite sharp; the Fisheye is clearly tuned to get its best wide-open pictures for distant subjects, so there's no need to stop down as is the case when focusing close.
—PCMAG, 20 May 2024
Landscape photographers sometimes stop down all the way to create multipoint sunstars in photos, but the 800mm focal length is not ideal for landscape scenes that incorporate the sun.
—PCMAG, 25 Apr. 2024
The Provosts are inviting customers to stop down for a meal and a goodbye.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Wide-open resolution is a little better (4,200 lines) at the 50mm focal length, and the lens delivers similarly strong results stopped down as at 28mm.
—PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
Landscape specialists who want the sunstar effect in photos might opt to stop down, but even then, the effect is underwhelming with tines that lack clear definition.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
A couple stops down the street is the obligatory Pixar headquarters photo op.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
For another, a pair of producers killing an actor and causing a show to stop down?
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
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“Stop down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20down. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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