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How to meet the minimum shutter speed and avoid shadows?

Using a high-speed shutter can easily capture a fast-moving target, but to shoot the traffic or silky water effect at night, you need to use a slow shutter. Choose different shutter speeds, even if shooting the same scene, it will show completely different dynamic and static effects. Let's see how to meet the minimum shutter speed and avoid flicker:

Freeze-frame action is a common shooting technique in photography, that is, while ensuring the correct exposure under the existing light conditions, the shutter speed higher than the moving speed of the subject is used to freeze the instantaneous picture.

If the shutter speed used when taking a picture is lower than the moving speed of the subject, it is difficult to take a clear picture. The following is a list of the minimum shutter speeds required for shooting common moving objects:

1/30 seconds:

Minimum shutter speed allowed for hand-held camera shooting. Below this speed, when shooting with a hand-held camera, the photos are prone to jitter. (Calculate the "safety shutter" according to the focal length of the lens. For example, a 50mm lens, whose safety shutter is 1/50).

1/60s:

The minimum shutter speed required to clearly photograph a stationary or slowly moving object. This shutter speed is suitable for shooting in bright light.

1125 seconds:

The minimum shutter speed required to capture moderate motion. Such as pedestrians or active babies.

1/250 seconds:

Minimum shutter speed required to capture a moving object at an average speed. Such as middle-speed runners, swimmers, cyclists, running children, etc.

1/500 seconds:

Capture fast-moving sports objects, such as middle-distance athletes, running horses, diving, cycling, driving cars or running basketball players.

11000 seconds:

The minimum speed to capture a fast moving object. Such as racing cars, motorcycles, airplanes, speedboats, outdoor and stadium competitions, and birds. Because using this shutter speed requires setting a larger aperture, it is easy to make the depth of field very shallow.