Questions tagged [shutter-speed]
The shutter speed is a measure of how long how film or sensor is exposed to light, due to the shutter being opened and closed. This is usually measured in seconds, or fractions of a second. Longer shutter speeds allow more light to onto the film or sensor and allow more subject movement.
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What is the possible optimal range for shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings in product photography setting on white background?
I have an e-commerce store where I have to take product photography on a white background and I want to actually have a "standard" set-up for this. I know there is no one right answer to this because ...
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At what shutter speeds is mirror lock-up worthwhile?
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I know what mirror lock-up is and what it's good for, but I'm curious about the range of shutter speeds where it provides a real benefit.
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I use a nice, sturdy tripod ...
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Milky way photography without startrails [duplicate]
I am from sri lanka.
I want to photograph milky way.
Canon 750D EFS 18-135 lens
I know that i should increase aperture & increase iso.
What should be the shutter speed for this camera to ...
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Why is my Nikon camera limited to ¹⁄₂₀₀th shutter speed even though I'm not using a flash?
The maximum shutter speed I'm able to set my D600 to is 200. Can someone help me figure out why? I am NOT using a flash attachment so I'm not sure what the probem is.
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Is it possible to make the shutter speed slower than 30 seconds on the Canon 4000D? [duplicate]
I have a Canon 4000D and I would like to take some long exposure photography. It only allows shutter speeds up to 30 seconds and I would prefer to have the ability to take shots that are exposed for 1 ...
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How can I get a high shutter speed and correct exposure when taking photos of horses in an indoor arena?
So I do a lot of inside photos. The problem that I'm having is a need a fast shutter speed without a flash. Like horses inside an arena. I can't have a flash but I need to take still photos. But the ...
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How do I compensate for lack of minimum shutter speed when in Av mode with the Canon 750D (Rebel T6i)?
I'm fairly new to photography, and I own a Canon Rebel T6i. Besides manual mode I've learned about Tv and Av modes, which to be honest I really liked, mainly when I'm shooting on events with changing ...
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How does camera weight impact usable shutter speed?
I recently upgraded from a 350d to a 5d mark ii
One thing I noticed is that I seem to be able to use slower shutter speeds with the bigger camera. (On the order of decently sharp pictures at 1/20 ...
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Why does Shutter Speed go below the Minimum Shutter Speed when speedlight is on in Aperture Mode on my Nikon camera?
Nikon D7200
Aperture Priority Mode.
Auto ISO set at 6400 max.
Minimum Shutter set at 1/125.
Flash: Godox V860IIN.
Shutter works well when the flash is off and when the built in camera is on, but ...
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How is it possible to have shallow depth of field in very bright conditions?
When setting the aperture at f1.8 you are for sure going to overexpose the image. When I'm out at the beach I set my GH5 at f1.8 with the shutter speed 1/8000 and my iso at 200, but I still get an ...
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Creating a synthetic image from an original image with a given shutter speed
I have an original jpeg image captured by a camera. I want to change the photo to another image so that the new image resembles the one which would have been taken with a camera with a different ...
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Can´t control shutter speed/aperture values in P mode, half clicking the shutter
When I half click the shutter on a Canon XSi/450D in program mode to setup shutter speed and aperture, theese values will show up in the topmost two boxes in the interface (starting from yesterday):
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Why does the Canon SX60 HS restrict ISO to 100 with exposure times longer than 1.3 seconds?
After trying unsuccessfully to take pictures by night with my Canon SX60 HS, I noticed that I could not set the ISO to more than 100 with long exposure (> 1.3").
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How to capture rays of light in a photograph using a DSLR camera [duplicate]
I'm using Nikon D750 DSLR camera.
How can I capture the rays of light as represented in these two black and white photographs?
I mean in terms of ISO, aperture and shutter speed and filter use.
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Reasonable setup for ultra long exposure for this kind of photo using Nikon D750
I'm using Nikon D750, and intend to take a ultra long exposure
picture such as this (by Michael Kenna).
What's is the reasonable shutter speed and aperture for that?
If I use shutter speed 2 hr what ...
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Canon f-1 shutter and mirror jammed when speed is below 60
i recently have bought a canon f-1 from a thrift shop where it was exposed to dust and sun. the shutter mechanism works correctly (it is not jammed, but i don't know if it has the correct speed or not)...
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Portrait photography [duplicate]
Is there any advice for shooting portrait in dark room, using only lamps. I am little bit confused with iso,aperture and shutter speed because i photographing with analog film.
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Shutter speed calibration
Is there a way to determine a camera's actual shutter speed? If the shutter speed is a bit off is it possible to calibrate your camera's shutter on your own? I own a nikon fm2 film camera.
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Max shutter speed with flash in manual mode [duplicate]
I'm using canon 700d. I'm trying to shoot some shots water drops with flash.But When I turn on flash in Manual mode I'm restricted to max shutter speed of 1/200.
Is that the way it was or did I messed ...
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What is the cause of this speed-dependent distortion? [duplicate]
I took this shot using a Sony Xperia SP with OpenCamera, here are some details:
Exposure: 1/800
ISO: 50
Aperture: f/2.4
focal length: 3.0
The photo was taken out of a train, at around 160km/h, the ...
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Why did the shutter speed increase when I raised ISO and lowered exposure compensation in Aperture Priority mode?
I have a Sony A6000 camera and I am studying photography. I was experimenting with ISO and exposure compensation while in Aperture Priority mode and encountered this situation:
I set the aperture to ...
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How do I manually rectify the actual shutter speed of old film camera
The camera in question is an old Konica TC Autoreflex. Any shutter speed faster than 1/60 is off by about 2 stops, and gets progressively worse the faster the shutter speed (the fastest is 1/1000). I ...
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How fast can you shoot your normal (50mm equivalent) lens handheld, and without optical image stabilization?
How fast can you shoot your normal (50mm equivalent) lens handheld, and without optical image stabilization?
I have had the FUJINON XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS for about two years now. I am very happy ...
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Two pictures, equal exposure and one is brighter
I took two pictures, both of them have equal exposure, I changed the shutter speed and aperture. One is brighter than the other. Is that normal? If not what do I do to make the two pictures look a ...
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Why use ISO instead of Aperture and Shutter speed? [duplicate]
I am a beginner in photography and I don't have the right understanding for some things. As I understand, with the ISO the camera is more or less sensitive light, with a darker image, a higher ISO (...
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If I have two ND filters both strong enough to get smooth blur in the way I want, is there a reason to pick one over the other?
If I have two neutral density filters (e.g. 5 & 10 stop) and the effect I'm after can be achieved with either (blurring of water/clouds) with differing exposure times using either, is there any ...
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Bluish hue on the edge of the photo
I really do not know what and how this happened to my Panasonic Lumix FZ40 after using it for about 4 years (still not intelligible enough on using it), and I do not know the right term for it to be ...
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How much longer can my shutter speed be for a given focal length with OIS on a Fujifilm X-series camera?
I have the XF 50-140mm and the XF 100-400mm zooms for Fujifilm X-T2.
I heard for crop sensors to use the 1/(2× focal lenth) rule rather the 1/(1× focal length) for full frame. So, without OIS on a ...
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Recommended shutter speed for action sports?
What shutter speed do professional sports photographers typically use for action sports like football and basketball?
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Olympus Pen EES-2: Can the ASA move?
I have recently acquired an Olympus Pen EES-2 from my grandmother. I am new to photography in general and would like to ask about the camera itself.
Attached here is the sample photo of the EES-2 ...
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why is 1/60 to 1/125 is full stop or halving the abount of light? [duplicate]
the halving of 1/60 is 1/120 then why is that standard 1/125 for a full stop? is 1/125 really cutting the amount in half?
Thanks
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Why isn't my Nikon D3400 freezing motion even with the shutter set to ¹⁄₄₀₀₀th of a second in View Finder Mode?
I got a Nikon 3400 in May. While shooting some water droplets I noticed the droplets contain motion blur even at the highest shutter speed settings. So I tried to verify this by clicking a pic of the ...
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When to use high iso and a short shutter time and vice versa? [duplicate]
In what situations you can use a high iso value and a short shutter time, or use a low iso value and a long shutter time? What will be the difference between two pictures of exactly the same scene, ...
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Why do moving objects in photos appear blurry?
When taking a photo on most cameras, if you take a picture of a moving object, the object appears blurry. Why does this happen exactly?
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Tactics to avoid motion blur in low light conditions
I shoot stationary subjects that are subject to motion (like a standing person that might move vs a perfectly still landscape) with my camera hand held. Normally I try and stay at 1/200 or faster when ...
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How does the position of my camera affect how the shutter performs?
I have a Speed Graphic Pacemaker. I suppose that everything works fine, except for the focal plane shutter at the back. All the speeds seem to be accurate when the camera is sitting normally, but when ...
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How can I set a fast shutter speed and not have a dark image?
I am currently using a Canon PowerShot SX20 IS camera. I would like to do a bird photo essay. When I set my shutter speed really fast, the photo turns super dark. So like anyone else I used my flash ...
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Why is my image too bright when I take a 5 second exposure outdoors?
I've never had this problem with my Canon Rebel T6i, but when I am on the Tv setting and changing it to let's say 5 seconds, when I try to take a picture outside it is way too light. When I did this ...
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Is there a formula to calculate ISO according to Shutter speed? [duplicate]
Note: This is not a duplicate of "Exposure Triangle things". This is more related to Camera's auto settings i.e. Aperture and human's manual settings i.e. Shutter and ISO and their co-relation.
I am ...
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Is it normal for shutter speed to vary between shots on low exposure time?
I was doing a timelapse recording of sunrise with my Canon 1100D. I set manual mode of exposure (M on the disk), exposure time to 1/4000 s (smallest), aperture to f/3.5 (maximally open), ISO to 100 (...
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At what exposure times do fixed pattern noise become apparent?
I have been studying into photographing the night sky.
I have subsequently come to learn of the technique of dark frame subtraction to reduce fixed pattern noise.
So I am curious as to what is the ...
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The best setting for Canon 70D for my application
I'm an robotics engineer and do not have any experience in photography. For a project, I need to take some pictures of some objects and need your experience to set the optimal setting because my ...
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Are there any electric flashes that will work at shutter speeds like ¹⁄₁₀₀₀th of a second?
Most flashes fire at about 1/1000 sec, and can usually not be properly fired faster than the red number on the speed dial (my case being 1/60). Using the flash higher than that red number will result ...
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Does shutter speed affect flash exposure in high speed sync?
In normal conditions, with the shutter speed, you affect only ambient light, and with aperture you affect both ambient light and flash.
Is this also true when the flash is used in High Speed Sync ...
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Why does using IS with my 70-200/2.8 lens remove detail?
Can someone explain why my 70-200mm 2.8 is is ruining photos with IS?
I'll shoot at a shutter speed of 200-250, at around 160mm.
When I have no IS, all the pores and wrinkles are perfectly sharp. If ...
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Since the speed of light is so high, why does shutter speed even matter?
When a camera's shutter is opened, if light reaches the sensor instantaneously (speed of light = 300.000 km/s), why does shutter speed modify picture sharpness/detail? Why do pictures get darker with ...
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How does the car disappear in these pictures?
I took a few pictures of cars on the highway at night with a 4-second shutter speed (automatic aperture and focus). Sorry for the blur in the second one, I left my tripod at home.
In the first ...
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How can I take a photo using a slow shutter speed without it being overexposed? [duplicate]
When I try to take a picture using a slow shutter speed in daylight it is overexposed. How can I change the settings so it isn't overexposed?
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why do most camera apps use a limited set of shutter speed values instead of a continuous value?
Many third-party applications on iOS (or Android) enable us to manually set the shutter speed, but they often only provide a limited set of shutter speed. For example, a common-used list of predefined ...
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Relationship between shutter speed and amount of light?
With all else remaining the same (ISO, aperture etc.) is there a way to compensate for changes in the lighting of the scene by changing the shutter speed of the camera such that the intensity of the ...
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