. shutter settings The shutter setting determines much more than the exposure time.

From past practice, the

priority was to use short shutter times in order to ensure that the images were sharp. Once that was satisfied,
the appropriate aperture to achieve correct exposure was set. Now, the arrival of cameras and lenses with
image stabilization means the guidelines are being rewritten. exposure times | sharpness and blur The
shutter’s primary function is to set the exposure time. While it’s open, the photographic exposure is created
by a summing up of all the light that falls on the sensor. The resulting record is not just of the light falling,
but also its spatial relationship with the sensor. This means that the sensor records all changes in position of
the subject or of the camera itself, however minute they may be: in short, the sensor records both light
intensity and movement. tutorial 1 overview 12 shutter settings 14 depth of field 16 image analysis 18
quality settings 20 color settings 22 image sharpness 24 image analysis 26 assignment 28 critique key
camera controls You can measure your progress in photography by your attitude to camera controls. At first
they seem like a burden—an obstacle rather than an advantage— but as your command over them improves,
they turn into invaluable tools, a power helping your creative processes. And of all the camera controls, the
shutter setting is the most distinctively photographic. factfile The use of the term “shutter speed” can cause
confusion. A camera’s shutter travels at the same speed whatever it’s set at. With a long exposure (“slow
shutter speed”) of one second or a short exposure (“fast speed”) of 1/1000 sec, the shutter blades always
travel at the same speed. tutorial 1 With a short exposure time, there’s less chance for movement to travel a
significant distance on the sensor. This means the blur from any movement cannot be easily seen; the image
looks sharp. If we hold the shutter open for longer, movement both in the subject and in the camera can
draw a blur that’s large enough to be seen. Given a blur only about a tenth of a millimeter long, from a
distance of about (8 in) 20 cm, the eye assesses the image as unsharp.