Micro Course - Lesson 7

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In the next micro course video “shutter speeds” you will see how different

shutter speeds

can be

controlled in your camera to adjust the amount of time that the picture is recorded or captured for. By

changing the shutter speed settings you can dramatically alter the look and feel of the image captured. You

will also see how moving your camera whilst recording with a slow shutter speed can result in interesting

effects. This technique is called panning.

You will also hear me describe the use of different lenses and see some of the different results from these.

The topic of lenses and optics is covered in full in

our main DVD titles

.

Lets take a look at some of the shutter speed settings you might find in your digital SLR camera.

8000

This describes a capture speed of 1/8000th of a second

4000

2000

1000

This describes a capture speed of 1/1000th of a second

500

250

125

60

30

15

8

This describes a capture speed of 1/8th of a second

4

This describes a capture speed of ¼ of a second

2

This describes a capture speed of ½ of a second

1”

This describes a capture speed of one second

2”

4”

8”

15”

30”

This describes a capture speed of thirty seconds

With very fast shutter speeds action can be “frozen” in your image. With very slow shutter speeds action

can become “blurred” in your image.

Fast shutter speeds do not let much light through to be recorded on the

medium

and usually require a

larger

aperture

or a more sensitive medium to be used.

Under normal daylight conditions slow shutter speeds let lots of light through and may require small

aperture and less sensitive

medium

settings.

You are now ready to watch your micro course video “Action Photography.”