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Shutter speed is measured in seconds. A typical shutter speed for photographs taken in sunlight is 1/125th of a second. In addition to its effect on exposure, shutter speed changes the way movement appears in the picture.

Shutter speed guide
Shutter speeds from "B" to 1/8000 sec
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Shutter speed is measured in seconds - or in most cases fractions of seconds. The bigger the denominator the faster the speed (ie 1/1000 is much faster than 1/30).
In most cases you'll probably be using shutter speeds of 1/60th of a second or faster.

Shutter speeds are expressed as fractions like 1/1000 and 1/60 or 30' if the time is long enough for whole numbers, in this case thirty seconds.

Shutter Speed Facts and Myths
Fast & Moderate Speeds
Slow Speeds
Exposure Concerns
Composition
The Exposure Concerns section is actually the most confusing, with the author jumping from neutral density filters to RAW format.

Shutter speed will not affect a subject which is completely static
Landscape
Landscapes are fairly static but wind will move clouds, grass, leaves etc 1/30th of a second if you want it still. Less if you want a bit of life in it.

Shutter Speed
Shutter Speed, measured in seconds, refers to the length of time that the camera's shutter remains open to let light in through the lens to record a given image onto the film.

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Shooting with a Slow Shutter Speed and Tripod
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speed dial, the top part of the fraction (numerator) is not indicated; for example, the shutter speeds 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, and so forth, are indicated as 60, 125, and 250.

Shutter speed refers to the time the shutter remains open to expose the film to light from the lens. By today's standards, the pioneering days of photography produced film that was not very sensitive to light.

Shutter Speeds
The shutter is a mechanical shade in the back center of the camera directly in front of the frame of film you are shooting. When the button on the camera to take a picture is pressed this shade opens for a fraction of a second.

Shutter Speed Basics
Let's begin with shutter speed. Shutter speed is the time the shutter, which lets light onto the digital image sensor, remains open-or the time the image sensor is activated. If you're new to photography, look at it this way.

Shutter speed:
The time a shutter remains open during an exposure. Most cameras with manual control of shutter speed offer options of 1/1000s, 1/500s, 1/250s, 1/125s, 1/60s, etc. where each shutter speed is approximately twice the previous.

Shutter Speeds: Anything over 1/1000 sec is really unnecessary for most type of photography. Faster than 1/1000 sec shutter speeds come in handy once in a while but most of the time even 1/1000 sec is too fast.

Shutter Speed - Shutter speed controls the degree to which motion is either frozen or allowed to blur. A fast shutter speed lets you stop action and record an instant in time.

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aperture
film/sensor speed (ISO)
These three elements in combination determine the amount of light that enters a camera to create an image.

Shutter speed effects
Get some dazzling photos. Freeze the action or capture movement by simply changing the shutter speed.
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Shutter speed
Refers to the length of time the shutter opens to let light pass through the lens to the focal plane.
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Shutter speed
The time in which the shutter stays open to light, measured in fractions of seconds, (1/8000th a second is a very fast shutter speed and 1/2 second is very slow).

Shutter Speed
First, your camera must be able to keep the shutter open for a few seconds of exposure since you want to capture both the initial explosion as well as the luminous trails created by the falling burning particles.

Shutter speed
The shutter controls how long the exposure lasts. Making the exposure shorter reduces the amount of light that strikes the film, making it longer increases it. Slow shutter speeds allow for motion blur. Short shutter speeds stop motion.

Shutter Speed
In the manual mode, simply use the selection dial on the top of the camera to choose the shutter speed you wish (figure 4). The selected shutter speed setting will appear on the left of the display on the back of the camera.
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Shutter Speed
Shutter speed is a measure of how long the shutter remains open when the picture is taken. Automatic cameras usually denote shutter priority mode with the symbol Tv, meaning "Time value.

Shutter speeds
• 15 - 1/2500* sec
Noise reduction for shutter speeds slower than 1.3 sec
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Shutter speeds range from eight seconds to 1/1,000 sec. with Auto ISO spanning 80-160 and selectable ISO offering 80, 100, 200, 400 and 800. Flash range extends to 16 feet at wide angle with Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Fill and Off modes.

Shutter speed
The camera body has a shutter which can be controlled to give varying amounts of time which it is open.

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Cameras have various methods of blocking the light from reaching the film or CCD. When a picture is taken this barrier, known as a shutter, will open and allow light to reach the film or CCD.

Shutter Speed
For a given amount of exposure on the film, the shutter speed can be determined by the aperture that you set for aesthetic purposes. If you are taking a portrait and want to throw the background out of focus, choose a wide-open f/2.

Shutter speed
The speed of the rotation of the shutter inside the lens, measured in rotations per second.
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Shutter Speed
The shutter speed is how quickly the small "door" in the camera opens and closes to let in light and capture the image. Faster speeds allow you to freeze action in good light.

Shutter speed: The amount of time a digital cameras sensor is exposed to light. Short [quick] shutter speeds, measured in hundreds or thousands of a second are possible in bright light, can 'freeze' motion, and prevent 'camera shake'.

Shutter Speed
The length of time in which the film is exposed to light is known as the shutter speed. Faster shutter speeds allow for crisper pictures because camera shake and subject movements will be minimized.

Shutter speeds typically range from 30 seconds to 1/2000 of a second. Aperture numbers typically range from f1.4 up to f32. Every lens has a pre-set maximum (wide open) aperture.

Shutter Speed: There was a potential problem with the cloud reflections. What appears as a nice reflection to the human eye will appear as a jagged, broken up reflection if a shutter speed that is too fast is chosen.

SHUTTER SPEED- Somewhere in the camera is a shutter. In film cameras this can be some sort of metal door or a cloth screen. In digital cameras it may be purely electronic. The shutter opens (or turns on) and starts the capture of the image.

Shutter Speed - The length of time the image sensor is exposed to light anywhere from a few seconds (8s, 1s, etc.) to fractions of seconds (1/125, 1/500, etc.). You'll need a fast shutter speed to capture action.

Shutter Speed
In digital photography terminology, shutter speed is slightly different to traditional photography.

Shutter Speed:
The length of time the shutter stays open and image sensor is exposed to light. This can range from fraction of a second (1/500, 1/80) to a few seconds (8s).
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Shutter Speed. The length of time the shutter is open and light strikes the image sensor.
Shutter. The device in the camera that opens and closes to let light from the scene strike the image sensor and expose the image.

Shutter speed control. The camera control that selects the length of time the film is exposed to light.

Shutter Speed: The camera’s shutter speed is a measurement of how long its shutter remains open as the picture is taken. The slower the shutter speed, the longer the exposure time.

Shutter speed priority.
Also "shutter preferred system." A programmed automatic exposure setting on most automated SLRs.

Shutter Speed
The speed in which light is let into the camera. For example, darker situations require a lower shutter speed to allow more light for the image.
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Shutter Speed
Half of an Exposure equation; the time that light is permitted to strike the light-sensitive surface within a camera. Motion picture shutter speed is approxi-mately 1/50 of a second when the camera runs at 24 fps.

Shutter speed - action of the shutter that controls the duration of an exposure. The faster the speed the shorter the exposure. Shutter speed settings are given in the fraction of a second.

Shutter speed reminder. A faster shutter speed generally freezes action to help eliminate blurring, however a somewhat slower shutter speed can better demonstrate movement by allowing some blurring of the arms, legs, and feet as the subject moves.

The shutter speed that corresponds to the proper timing of the flash. Any faster and the shutter won't be open for the duration of the flash. Any shorter and subject movement might cause blur.
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Using Shutter Speed to Change the Natural Light Background
After some experimentation with shutter speed, we decided that 1/30th of a second was ideal for this shot. The background at this speed was neither too light nor too dark.

At slow shutter speeds (left) the exposure, like dripping water, is so slow noise has a chance to build up in the image. At faster speeds, (middle and right), the noise is overwhelmed by how fast the exposure is completed.

Set your shutter speed to correctly expose the sky (based on the earlier reading)
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User selects shutter speed, camera selects aperture according to lighting. Very useful for "freezing" motion or creating deliberate blur.
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T (Time)
The shutter speed setting used for timed exposures longer than the numbered settings. The shutter opens when the release is pressed and closes when it is pressed again. Now largely super ceded by B (Bulb).
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Bulb Setting: A shutter speed setting on adjustable cameras that keeps the shutter open for as long as the shutter is pressed. Used for taking timed exposures with a cable release.( e.g. Astronomical photography) ...

Camera sets both shutter speed and aperture for correct exposure.
Push Processing
Increasing the development time of a film to increase its effective speed (raising the ISO number for initial exposure ) for low-light situations; forced development.

Slow shutter speeds are great for really impressive indoor shots but the slower the shutter speed, the greater the risk of camera shake. If you're shooting without the benefit of fl ash then you really should use a tripod for those low-light shots.

Manually selecting shutter speeds allows you to control the amount of subject (or camera) movement that is recorded in the picture.

Push processing is nothing more than over-developing film, to enable one to shoot pix with a faster shutter speed (sports action) or lower light (spy photos, indoors, available light or dim/night light) and still obtain satisfactory pix.

I pushed the button for the pop-up flash, set the aperture and shutter speed, and started taking pictures. I wanted to change the images a little and set the shutter speed a little faster. The image on the LCD looked the same.

When taking pitctures with no flash the slow the shutter speed is the more light you will get in the picture. Practice this at home in a dimly lit room and without a flash change the shutter speed settings on your camera.

So, to compensate for this faster rate of exposure, the shutter speed must be shorter. The opposite is also true: with a smaller opening (large f-stop number) less light will come in, and the rate of exposure will drop.

See also: Speed, Shutter, Camera, Image, Light