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