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Exposure & capture settings · Specialist

Open gate

ELI5

A camera mode using the sensor’s maximum available image area instead of a cropped recording window.

Used in conversation

“Let’s test the open gate before we lock the visual approach.”

Definition

A camera mode using the sensor’s maximum available image area rather than a cropped recording window.

Here “Open gate” means: A camera mode using the sensor’s maximum available image area rather than a cropped recording window.

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains what the image should look like and how it can be framed, captured and lit.

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