Shutter Speed queries

[rockdhop]

im very new to photography and am wondering is there any free online photography tutorials or lessons to pickup techniques?

i google and mostly,they lead me to books preview.

anyway back to the topic , is there any particular few shutter speed you guys would mainly use when shooting pictures? mind sharing (shutter speed) at what condition?

 

[yc2005]

Check out the sticky threads in the newbie forum (those that are at the top)

 

[gijoe888]

it depends on what kind of subject you are shooting, light condition, lens etc...many factors

 

[kutten]

im very new to photography and am wondering is there any free online photography tutorials or lessons to pickup techniques?

i google and mostly,they lead me to books preview.

anyway back to the topic , is there any particular few shutter speed you guys would mainly use when shooting pictures? mind sharing (shutter speed) at what condition?

How you google ?

http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-the-Shutter-Speed-72415988

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=shutter+speed&aq=f

anyway back to the topic , is there any particular few shutter speed you guys would mainly use when shooting pictures? mind sharing (shutter speed) at what condition?

Your answer is here .....

http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+9899+3002+13037251+2+0

 

[rockdhop]

thats very helpful of you to link me up with nlb. haha thanks. anyway mind sharing how do you master the skills of knowing which shutter speed to use?

How you google ?

http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-the-Shutter-Speed-72415988

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=shutter+speed&aq=f

anyway back to the topic , is there any particular few shutter speed you guys would mainly use when shooting pictures? mind sharing (shutter speed) at what condition?

Your answer is here .....

http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+9899+3002+13037251+2+0

 

[dingaroo]

thats very helpful of you to link me up with nlb. haha thanks. anyway mind sharing how do you master the skills of knowing which shutter speed to use?

How do you master the skills of which food to eat?

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Go out and shoot and practice a lot!

 

[dingaroo]

If all else fails, use AUTO mode.

 

[Smiles88]

How do you master the skills of which food to eat?

How do you master the skills of what clothes to put on?

How do you master the skills of what shoes to put on?

The answer is ..............................



























Go out and shoot and practice a lot!

If all else fails, use AUTO mode.

:thumbsup: I agree. It can only be achieve through practice. TS maybe you want to try shooting on Aperture Priority first and observe what shutter speeds they use? Sorry if this doesn't work cause I only read about some ppl advising others, but I didn't try it.

 

[yc2005]

TS, the only way to know how to shoot is to practice, practice and practice.
For a start, try to shoot in full auto or preset modes (e.g. portraits, night mode, sports, etc). Review the photo to see if you like the effect and look at the settings your camera set for you. Then question why the camera used the settings under such mode.

 

[kutten]

thats very helpful of you to link me up with nlb. haha thanks. anyway mind sharing how do you master the skills of knowing which shutter speed to use?

:mad2: You are still trying to look for a magic number ?

It all depends on what you want; fast shutter speed allows you to freeze fast-moving action, slow shutter speed allows you to create motion-induced blur effect. For normal shooting, if you want to achieve a sharp image with hand held, need to ensure the shutter speed is faster or equal to 1/lens focal length, and many many more . ...

go borrow the book and read it up .....then practice ...

 

[aspenx]

Use the shutter speed that helps you produce the image you want in that particular situation.

 

[voxies09]

Use a mode and if it's too dark, see what was the shutter speed n use m mode to reduce or vice verse

 

[allenleonhart]

or check out wiki. i learnt my basics from there. the rest is just shoot only and slowly learn

 

[Rashkae]

There are no shortcuts that can beat experience. Stop looking for magic formulas. Go out and learn how to use your camera.

 

[naxchua]

If all else fails, use AUTO mode.

i love this...

anyway i also learning... trying out shutter and aperture priority... figuring how the shutter and aperture isn't difficult...

seems like composition and how people gauge the DOF just by look at the picture is more difficult... lol...

 

[Octarine]

im very new to photography and am wondering is there any free online photography tutorials or lessons to pickup techniques? [...]
anyway back to the topic , is there any particular few shutter speed you guys would mainly use when shooting pictures? mind sharing (shutter speed) at what condition?

Have you read and tried to understand the very basics of exposure? There is a newbies guide here in CS: Photography Notes for Newbies
If you read this carefully you will notice some dependencies between shutter speed, ISO and aperture. All three parameters form the exposure. There is no 'mainly used shutter speed' - unless you ask for a very specific situation. But since your question is generic the answer is: in general there is not preference. For a beginner there is only one guideline to keep in mind: shutter speed < 1/focal length (in mm). This helps avoiding motion blur by handshake.