Monday, April 18, 2016

Understanding Shutter Speed

Shutter speed is analogous to the blink of ones eye. It is about how much motion of an object is captured on the retina in that one blink. If the object is moving fast and you blink fast, the image recorded will be sharp. In case you blink slowly the image recorded will be overlap of several motions of the object giving a blurred image.

In similar way Shutter speed must be adjusted to capture images based on the following factors:


  • Motion of the object: If the object is moving too fast, the shutter speed must be kept high so that a freeze or a still motion of the object can be caught. In the object is moving slow or is stationary the shutter speed can be reduced accordingly.
                                  
  • Light of the surrounding: If there is too much light in the surrounding, the shutter speed can be reduced to reduce the amor of exposure thus the amount of light entering the lens. If the mound go light is less in the surrounding, the shutter speed can be kept high to let more light hit the lens.















Thus conclusion: 
  • High Shutter speed: Fast moving objects (to get still pic), high lighting
  • Low shutter speed, still object, when you want continuous picture of moving object (waterfall) and low lighting)
                                          

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