What controls the time of exposure i) In eye and ii) In Camera.
The human eye is supported by one of the most sophisticated “automatic exposure meters” known to man. As we look at a subject, no matter how light or dark it is, the iris in our eye will adjust to it very quickly.
Most modern cameras work in a similar way. They have an automatic exposure meter which reads the amount of light entering the camera and this information is used to make an adjustment to it’s aperture - a device which is very similar to the iris in our eye.