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 result was a late Timberwolves run and an inability to secure key stops down the stretch, sealing the game.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Cameras like the Ronin 4D have also gotten better at transitioning between indoor and outdoor space in terms of lighting so that operators don’t have to drastically stop down to handle the (mild, British) sun.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2025
The Thunder wound up coming back and got enough stops down the stretch to beat the Clippers 103-101, ending LA’s win streak at five games and completing a regular season series sweep.
—Law Murray, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
In each chapter, Mio and Zoe explore one of their own stories in isolation before hopping to the next — or worse — stopping down entirely for exposition dumps with Rader in an amorphous virtual space.
—Kyle Wilson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
The 48 minutes that followed in a miserable 100-97 loss, though, wouldn’t provide any of them, the Lakers bad on offense for most of the night and unable to get a stop down the stretch.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Tamron doesn't include an f/22 setting with the lens, which is only a slight downside, as stopping down that far always comes with a loss of resolution due to diffraction.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
The 18-55mm's depth of field is quite slim when focusing close, even with the aperture stopped down.
—PCMAG, 2 Dec. 2024
In this mode, the ZV-1 II will detect when another face comes into the scene and automatically stops down the aperture to keep everyone in focus.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Cameras like the Ronin 4D have also gotten better at transitioning between indoor and outdoor space in terms of lighting so that operators don’t have to drastically stop down to handle the (mild, British) sun.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2025
The Thunder wound up coming back and got enough stops down the stretch to beat the Clippers 103-101, ending LA’s win streak at five games and completing a regular season series sweep.
—Law Murray, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
In each chapter, Mio and Zoe explore one of their own stories in isolation before hopping to the next — or worse — stopping down entirely for exposition dumps with Rader in an amorphous virtual space.
—Kyle Wilson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
The 48 minutes that followed in a miserable 100-97 loss, though, wouldn’t provide any of them, the Lakers bad on offense for most of the night and unable to get a stop down the stretch.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Tamron doesn't include an f/22 setting with the lens, which is only a slight downside, as stopping down that far always comes with a loss of resolution due to diffraction.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
The 18-55mm's depth of field is quite slim when focusing close, even with the aperture stopped down.
—PCMAG, 2 Dec. 2024
In this mode, the ZV-1 II will detect when another face comes into the scene and automatically stops down the aperture to keep everyone in focus.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Stop down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20down. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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