What is significant about 1 60 as a shutter speed?

When the shutter stays open longer and all the other settings remain constant, you are allowing more light in. As a result, the image is brighter. A photo that is taken at 1/60 sec shutter speed will look brighter than a photo taken at 1/200 sec shutter speed.

What shutter speed setting should I use?

In general, the guideline is that the minimum handheld shutter speed is the reciprocal of the focal length of the lens. So, if you’re using a 100mm lens (and remember to account for crop factor) then the slowest shutter speed you should try and use is 1/100th of a second. For a 40mm lens, it’s 1/40th of a second.

How much shutter speed is too much?

In other words, if your focal length is 30mm, then you shouldn’t shoot any slower than 1/30 second. If your focal length is 60mm, then no slower than 1/60 second. Higher focal lengths—about 200mm and beyond—are more sensitive to motion, so you may have to use slightly faster shutter speeds.

What happens when you use a low shutter speed?

When you use a long shutter speed (also known as a “slow” shutter speed), you end up exposing your sensor for a significant period of time. The first big effect of it is motion blur. If your shutter speed is long, moving subjects in your photo will appear blurred along the direction of motion.

What does 125 mean in shutter speed?

1/125th of a second
One of the numbers will show your aperture, which should be the same number as what you set your aperture to, then it should show your shutter speed, which should be a number such as “125” (means 1/125th of a second) and “200”, which is your sensor ISO.

Does higher shutter speed reduce quality?

High shutter speed may be less accurate than more usual shutter speeds, which affects exposure. High shutter speeds often go with wide apertures, not the best the lens can do, and focus inaccuracies are more obvious.

Does shutter speed depends on the lens?

The speed at which you’ll need to use one will depend on both the focal length you’re shooting at, and also whether your lens has image stabilization or not. Many of today’s new lenses have a 4-stop image stabilization and this means that you can shoot at much slower shutter speeds than you would be able to without IS.

What is a 20 second shutter speed?

As an example, 1/200 means one two-hundredths of a second. On the camera, it shows as 200. Another example is 20 seconds, which shows as 20″ on the camera. Many of the DSLR cameras these days have the “Bulb” shutter speed mode. In bulb mode, you can get any shutter speed up to 30 minutes.