Understanding Exposure, Chapter 3: Shutter Speed

Slow shutter speeds freeze motion and let more light in; fast shutter speeds blur motion and let less light in

Slow shutter speeds blur motion and let more light in; fast shutter speeds freeze motion and let less light in

Slow shutter speeds freeze motion and let less light in; fast shutter speeds blur motion and let more light in

Slow shutter speeds blur motion and let less light in; fast shutter speeds blur motion and let more light in

Never

When you want to show the motion of a moving subject or the camera

In low light, when you are not using a tripod

Shutter speed and aperture are independent, they don't effect one another.

It's only used when using flash

It's used when your lens doesn't have the aperture needed to match the shutter speed you desire.

It's for exposures over 30 seconds long, but requires a "bulb" cable.

It's a left-over from film days that's no longer really necessary with digital.

1 second

1/60

1/320

1/1000

15 seconds

1 second

1/60

1/500

1/60

1/125

1/250

1/1000

There was nothing in the background to show the pan's blur

It wasn't moving fast enough

It was both rotating and moving horizontaly

It was moving in an arc

10 seconds

1/6

1/60

1/125

There's too much light

You need a faster lens

You need a lower ISO, if possible

You need a higher ISO, if possible

A colorful blur of the dashboard of your car, the car in front of you, the street, and the trees, houses, and other cars around you.

A colorful blur of the car in front of you, the street, and the trees, houses, and other cars, but the dashboard of your car would be sharp.

A colorful blur of the street, trees, houses and other cars, but both your dashboard and the car in front of you would remain sharp.

Anything that's moving faster than you would be blurred.