Aperture Size

[Sahil]

Well, this must be the silliest question here ever asked. Still, how can we change the size of aperture in a compact camera? I am using Sony DSC W-80.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonyw80/

Thanks.

[JK6065]

Hi Sahil,

I don't know the camera you have but I have a compact camera on which it itsn't even possible to change the aperture (Panasonic Lumix FX-35). On some cc you can change shuterspeed or aperture and then the camera selects the other to get the right exposure, but it might be possible yours isn't one of them.
So take a look in your users manual or just try everything in your camera itself and find out .
Most of the time there is a manual mode on the camera. Select this one and than you can adjust either shutterspeed or aperture directely via buttons on your camera or somewhere in the menu.

[wjh31]

a quick look through that review reveals a P mode, but not the ASM extras. Your best bet would be trying some of the scene modes to see if any of those do their best to get the aperture wide/narrow

[Sahil]

Thanks! Well then my camera doesn't support it
Can't even take long exposure shots, which really amuse me

[wjh31]

Originally Posted by Sahil

Can't even take long exposure shots, which really amuse me

Again from the linked review, your max shutter speed would be 1" when in program mode, this is just enough to play with some effects.

But yes, if you realls want to get creative, you should probably get a camera with full PASM modes. You can get that in a P+S, but youll have to look carefully