10.2 Section 10: Hardware Limitations (Camera Profiles)

Max/Min Aperture limits

Aperture range locked to the lens and body in your hands.

Where to find it

Viewfinder Wheels; Tools tab Ranges

Summary

The aperture wheel clamps to the widest and narrowest apertures your lens and body support. Gear-based mode pulls the widest and narrowest stops from the selected LensSpec.

How it works

When you pick a lens, the aperture wheel clamps to the widest and narrowest f-stops that lens can achieve. A 50mm f/1.4 opens the wheel down to f/1.4 and might close to f/16. A slow zoom might run f/3.5 to f/22.

Why it matters

The meter can then suggest apertures you can actually dial. If your lens is f/2.8 to f/22, the wheel never offers f/1.4 or f/32.

Body limits

Some bodies have physical limits too (older SLRs might not meter past f/16). In those cases, both the lens and body constraints are honored.

Manual override

In Ranges tab, you can manually set custom aperture limits if you want to test a different lens or work with a restriction.

Implementation notes (for developers)
minAperture and maxAperture fields; Gear-based mode pulls widest/narrowest from the selected LensSpec

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