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What is a Shutter?
� The shutter of a camera is the curtain in front of your camera’s sensor that needs to move out of the way before the sensor can record a picture.
What is a Shutter?
� The “shutter release” is the button that you press to take a picture. When pressed, the shutter raises out of the way, allowing light in to the camera’s sensor.
SHUTTER SPEED
� Shutter speed is the amount of time that the camera’s shutter is open
SHUTTER SPEED
� Shutter speed is the amount of time that the camera’s shutter is open
� The longer the shutter is open, the more
light is allowed in
SHUTTER SPEED
30” – 1/8000
SHUTTER SPEED
30” – 1/8000
Examples of shutter speeds:
30”, 15”, 2”, 1/10, 1/60, 1/125, 1/500, 1/1000
SHUTTER SPEED
YOU CAN FIND YOUR SHUTTER SPEED THROUGH THE VIEWFINDER OR ON THE
CAMERA’S SCREENS
SLOW SHUTTER SPEEDS
30” – 1/30
SLOW SHUTTER SPEEDS
30” – 1/30
Slow shutter speeds show “motion blur” in a picture. They can be dangerous to use because blurry photographs suck most of
the time.
SLOW SHUTTER SPEEDS
30” – 1/30
But slow shutter speeds can also allow you to do some pretty cool things.
SLOW SHUTTER SPEEDS
FAST SHUTTER SPEEDS
1/200 – 1/8000
Fast shutter speeds allow you to ‘freeze’ moving subjects
FAST SHUTTER SPEEDS
1/250 – 1/8000
Fast shutter speeds allow you to ‘freeze’ moving subjects
SHUTTER SPEED
� What is the downfall of using fast shutter speeds?
SHUTTER SPEED
� What is the downfall of using fast shutter speeds?
ü Cannot use when there’s not enough light
SHUTTER SPEED
� What is the downfall of using slow
shutter speeds?
SHUTTER SPEED
� What is the downfall of using slow
shutter speeds?
ü Blur