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02/21/2005 02:57:47 PM · #1 |
When you want a photo to look like this typologic's very cool photo! you use a very slow or long shutter speed and when you want a photo to look like this Jacko Berry you use a fast shutter speed?
My camera shutter speeds are 0.3" to 16.0 and then 1/4 to 1/1000. I am not really clear on how to use the shutter speeds, still reading up on that. I usually keep it at 1/500. Any help is welcomed.
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02/21/2005 03:01:50 PM · #2 |
| for the bike show you would use the 0.3 to 16 and if you want the berry shot you would us 1/60 and above. |
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02/21/2005 03:02:35 PM · #3 |
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02/21/2005 03:03:00 PM · #4 |
| .3 is the number of seconds the shutter stays open so 16 would be 16 whole seconds your shutter would be open. 1/4000 you have to have really good like for this one or else you will just see a black. |
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02/21/2005 03:05:01 PM · #5 |
| I would experiment with the shutter you will notice differences in what the lens will see at different shutter speeds that will give you different effects and also the amounts of light you need for each shutter speed. You can also use a larger aperture that f/1 to F/2.8 for long shutter times where as the faster shutter times will normally be in smaller apertures F/3.5 and higher. |
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02/21/2005 03:21:05 PM · #6 |
Correct.
Fast shutter speeds (1/60 and faster) tend to freeze motion.
Less light falls onto the sensor so either additional light is needed or aperture needs opening up or iso needs cranking up.
Slow shutter speeds (slower than 1/60) tend to give blurred motion.
More light falls onto the sensor so aperture needs stopping down or iso needs to be lowered.
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02/21/2005 03:26:39 PM · #7 |
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02/21/2005 03:32:32 PM · #8 |
This was educational. :) Thanks for the info, I learn so much from this site.
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02/21/2005 06:21:14 PM · #9 |
| I look at a properly exposed photo as a glass full of water. There is more than one way to fill the glass. You can open the faucet all the way (large aperture) and the glass fills quickly (fast shutter speed). You can open the faucet to a trickle (small aperture) and it takes longer to fill the glass(slow shutter speed). Either way you get a full glass of water(correct exposure). If the glass overflows(overexposure). If the glass doesn̢۪t fill(underexposure). What settings to use depend on how much motion you wish to see in the photo or how much depth of field you want. I hope I haven̢۪t confused anyone. |
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02/21/2005 06:53:17 PM · #10 |
put the camera on manual mode, take some pitcures in a well lit area of the same moving subject( say cars on the road ). change the settings with each picture, but be sure the light meter is OK. note thee settings down. then compare the photos later to see how the different settings effect the resulting photograph.
you'll see that a faster shutter speed will stop motion better than a slow one, and a large aperture number ( small opening ) will leave more of the scene in focus. then you have to balance those depending on what kind of light you have available and what you are photographing, to get a proper exposure.
there are plenty of other threads here with info on this. do a forum search.
Message edited by author 2005-02-21 18:54:17.
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02/21/2005 07:10:39 PM · #11 |
Kimberly,
Thanks for mentioning my photo :)
You've received some great advice already so I'd just recommend you play around with a combination of different settings of shutter speed and aperture (if your camera has manual mode) until you get the result that pleases you.
For my shot, because my shutter speed is 2 seconds, I had to make the aperture smaller at f22 so as to not overexpose (the higher the f, the less light is let through the lens). But that was also the result of experimenting with a different combination of shutter + aperture settings. The beauty of digital is that you can experiment to your heart's content :) |
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