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Recommended Shutter Speeds
The following are tips for setting the shutter
speed. Use a shutter speed based on your
subject and photographic objectives.
Tips on Using the Manual
Shutter Speed
• Fast shutter speeds can be used to capture
fast-moving objects such as a racehorse or
athlete. The subject will look frozen in motion.
• Slower shutter speeds can be used in take
pictures under low lighting conditions such as
the evening light of the moon.
• Slower shutter speeds can also be used
when you want the image blurred so it shows
a trail of motion, such as in streams or
waterfalls.
Notes:
• With 1/500, you can capture most sports.
However, it may blur parts that are moving faster
than the area of focus, like the clear head and
torso of a galloping horse but with blurry legs.
• Recording with a shutter speed faster than 1/60
sec. tends to darken the picture. Record in
bright locations when you use a fast shutter
speed.
• Use of a tripod is recommended when using a
slow shutter speed to avoid camera shaking
unless you have a special reason to hold the
camera by hand.
• Using a fast shutter speed under fluorescent
lighting will cause flickering in the picture and
possibly color shifts.
• When selecting 1/30 sec., you may get a
shadow image behind a subject that is in motion.
• To capture most
moderately moving
objects.
Situation
Recommended
shutter speed
• Will make a fast-moving
object look frozen (e.g. a
runner, dancer).
1/500 sec.
1/250 sec.
• To capture images in
fairly dark conditions.
• To capture objects that
are not moving very fast.
• Safe to hold by hand
without shaking.
• You can try a variety of
depth of fields.
1/125 sec.
l
1/60 sec.
1/30 sec.
• Creates a sense of
motion by blurring
moving objects.
1/15 sec.
or
slower