What is the Shutterspeed?
The shutterspeed in measured in the amount of time that the shutter of your camera is opened for. It is measured in fractions of seconds, the bigger denominator the faster the shutter will close (e.g. 1/1000 is much faster than 1/30). If your shutterspeed is anything lower than 1/60th it will be very difficult to use without camera shake. Camera shake is when your camera is moved whilst, the shutter is still opened and then your picture becomes blurred. To prevent this you would need a tripod which stabilizes your camera. You can use the shutter of your camera on either a fast or slow speed., this depends on what you are trying to capture in your picture.
Fast Shutter
You would use a fast shutter when you are trying to capture a moving object and freeze it in action. (For example: 1/160")
Slow Shutter
You would use a slow shutter when you are trying to capture a moving object and actually show that it is moving. The only problem with having a slow shutter is that sometimes your picture can turn out blurred. (For example: 1/3")
For example if you wanted to take a picture of a moving F1 car, you would use a fast shutter to freeze the car in action as it's racing round the track, however if you could turn the situation around and instead use a slow shutter to show how fast the F1 car is moving as it's racing round the track in your picture.
The shutterspeed can effect the exposure of you picture. This is because the longer the shutter is opened for the more light can get to your picture, which could result your picture to being over exposed, but if your shutter is opened for a short amount of time the less light can get to your picture, which then could result your picture to being under exposed.
The shutterspeed in measured in the amount of time that the shutter of your camera is opened for. It is measured in fractions of seconds, the bigger denominator the faster the shutter will close (e.g. 1/1000 is much faster than 1/30). If your shutterspeed is anything lower than 1/60th it will be very difficult to use without camera shake. Camera shake is when your camera is moved whilst, the shutter is still opened and then your picture becomes blurred. To prevent this you would need a tripod which stabilizes your camera. You can use the shutter of your camera on either a fast or slow speed., this depends on what you are trying to capture in your picture.
Fast Shutter
You would use a fast shutter when you are trying to capture a moving object and freeze it in action. (For example: 1/160")
Slow Shutter
You would use a slow shutter when you are trying to capture a moving object and actually show that it is moving. The only problem with having a slow shutter is that sometimes your picture can turn out blurred. (For example: 1/3")
For example if you wanted to take a picture of a moving F1 car, you would use a fast shutter to freeze the car in action as it's racing round the track, however if you could turn the situation around and instead use a slow shutter to show how fast the F1 car is moving as it's racing round the track in your picture.
The shutterspeed can effect the exposure of you picture. This is because the longer the shutter is opened for the more light can get to your picture, which could result your picture to being over exposed, but if your shutter is opened for a short amount of time the less light can get to your picture, which then could result your picture to being under exposed.