Shutter Speed (part one)

I've written a new eBook called "A Concise Introduction to Photography": http://ethanwilding.com/photobook

In this episode I discuss the basics of shutter speed. Part two will show what effects varying the shutter speed can have on your photographs. Note: The shutter is the curtain behind the mirror of your dSLR; in the video I mistakenly refer to the shutter as the mirror.

Category:

Education

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• photography
• photo
• camera
• howto
• canon
• nikon
• aperture
• digital
• tutorial
• education
• instruction
• shutter speed

[Dannyboy031993]

Hey I may be going in the army. If i take photos of like people running or people firing there weapons. So the photographs do not blur, should I have a a camera with a fast or slow shutter speed ?

[ulufilms]

@Dannyboy031993 You will want to use a "fast" shutter speed. I recommend setting the camera to "Tv" mode (shutter priority) and using a shutter speed of 1/60th or 1/125th of a second or faster, if you have enough light. Using Tv mode allows you to set the shutter speed and have the camera adjust the ISO and aperture automatically.

Good luck,and stay safe.

[sadapindo]

If I want to film with the canon EOS 550D and I want to film quick dance moves... How high must be the shutterspeed and what do I have to change about the aperture and ISO?

best regards.

[ulufilms]

@sadapindo I would recommend a shutter speed of at least 1/100 and shooting at 60fps. If that doesn't work as well as you had hoped, just experiment with different shutter speeds until you get the desired result.

[caltrask51]

Thanks for this. You have an incredibly pleasant speaking voice/articulation ability. 

[malburian]

The shutter is not the mirror. Stop teaching people nonsense stuff popped out of your head. And maybe apologize. :p

[Dannyboy031993]

@ulufilms Thank you, I am not a professional nor am I experienced so thanks for the advice.

Thanks I will try

[kvicken2000]

So it is better to have a slow shutter-speed if you take night photos?

[kml5265]

if i have an automatic camera and just set the Fstop/ aperture, does it set the shutter speed for me automatically too?????

[merophantasm]

i have nikon D70 but the problem is my shutter speed write error on my display is like bulb. can you help me? what the problem.

[momenkhalled]

haloooo>>>>>>>see my channel

[jnevins]

In second 10 you stated that the shutter is the mirror between the lens and the sensor... NO! The shutter is located behind the mirror. First the mirror flips up after the shutter button is depressed, then the shutter opens (a focal plane curtain), the sensor is exposed, shutter closes, then mirror drops back down.....