Kitchen Star VE-CG40U - Manual (Page 54)

Ad
v
anced Features
44 Advanced Features
Recommended Shutter Speeds The following ar
e tips for setting the shutter
speed. Use a shutter speed based on your subject and photographic objectives.
Tips on Using the Manual Shutter Speed •
Fast shutter speeds can be used to captur
e
fast-moving objects such as a racehorse or athlete. The subject will look fr
ozen in motion.
•
Slower shutter speeds can be used in take pictur
es under low lighting conditions such as
the evening light of the moon.
•
Slower shutter speeds can also be used when you want the image blurr
ed so it shows
a trail of motion, such as in str
eams or
water
falls.
Notes: •
W
ith 1/500, you can captur
e most spor
ts.
However
, it may blur par
ts that ar
e moving faster
than the ar
ea of focus, like the clear head and
torso of a galloping horse but with blurr
y legs.
•
Recor
ding with a shutter speed faster than 1/60
sec. tends to darken the pictur
e. Recor
d in
bright locations when you use a fast shutter speed.
•
Use of a tripod is r
ecommended when using a
slow shutter speed to avoid camera shaking unless you have a special r
eason to hold the
camera by hand.
•
Using a fast shutter speed under fluor
escent
lighting will cause flickering in the pictur
e and
possibly color shifts.
•
When selecting 1/30 sec., you may get a shadow image behind a subject that is in motion.
•
To captur
e most
moderately moving objects.
Situation
Recommended shutter speed
•
Will make a fast-moving object look frozen (e.g. a runner
, dancer).
1/500 sec. 1/250 sec.
•
To captur
e images in
fairly dark conditions.
•
To captur
e objects that
ar
e not moving ver
y fast.
•
Safe to hold by hand without shaking.
•
Y
ou can tr
y a variety of
depth of fields.
1/125 sec.
l
1/60 sec. 1/30 sec.
•
C
reates a sense of
motion by blurring moving objects.
1/15 sec.
or
slower