If photography related terms like “shutter”, “f-stops” or “aperture” sound confusing, you’ll love this video.
This 2 minute film explains the terms in plain English, and how you can achieve some amazing shots with them.
It’s worth taking the time to fiddle about with Shutter Speeds and Aperture – if you know what you’re doing you can take some amazingly unique and kooky photos, and remember – it’s digital – so take lots and delete the ones that don’t work.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/camera-shutter-speed-and-aperture-explained-in-simple-english/1715/
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Reader Comments
The video goes nicely but the terms “high shutter speed” is not appropriate because it is ambiguous in interpretation.
We normally say a fast shutter speed, or a short shutter speed - both mean 1/1000th of a second. Conversely we normally say a slow shutter speed or a long shutter speed - both mean 1 second.
In this context, saying a high shutter speed can be taken to mean the shutter is opening and then closing fast i.e. 1/1000th of a second or conversely it can be taken to mean that 1 second is larger in magnitude than 1/1000th of a second.
High and Low are not clear descriptions of shutter speed.
Written by AnandaSim on 11.01.07
This is a lovely find for those just graduating out of the point-and-shoot world
Written by Nagesh Pai on 11.01.07
1/1000 of a second is 1000 times faster than one second. therefore 1 second is obviously a low speed. surely common sense prevails AnandaSim? There is nothing ambiguous about the video.
Written by steve on 01.09.08