Comments on: Understanding Shutter Speed – A Beginner’s Guide

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:15:38 +0000

I have a Nikon D50 and I use this at my daughters dance competitions, where the light is pretty dim in the auditorium except for the stage that is bright. We are not aloud to use flash and I have tried many different things but it seems I keep getting blurry pictures where they are moving fast, not so much the body or face but hands and legs that are moving extremely fast when they are dancing. I was wondering what would be the best setting to use? Thanks!!

By: radu

radu — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:25:30 +0000

Beautiful explanations … congratulations from Romania

By: Shreyas HN

Shreyas HN — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:37:08 +0000

Im having a normal point at shoot cam n planning to get dlsr .. so which dslr cam do u prefer for a beginner.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:44:50 +0000

Please notify me of any follow up comments

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:44:04 +0000

Hi,
Great information – Thanks! But, I am still having difficulty achieving a sharp image when I am shooting moving dogs outside. I am shooting with a Canon 60D in Aperture Priority mode with a fast 85mm f1.8 lens set between 2-3. I have the iso set at 100 or auto iso. Is the problem me? It is impossible to use a tripod when photographing moving dogs. I believe the equipment is in working order as I have been able to shoot sharp images with the set up. Any advice would be so greatly appreciated.

By: Nasim Mansurov

Nasim Mansurov — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:30:06 +0000

Alex, you are dealing with a sync speed issue, which is limited to 1/200-1/250 on most DSLRs. If you need to go higher than that, your only option is to use Nikon flashes or wireless triggers that support high-speed sync (like the new pocketwizards).

By: Alex Murillo

Alex Murillo — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:54:37 +0000

I have a D5100 i do portraiture and i am having a bit of a problem trying to achieve a good DOF. I’m using Hensel lighting with model lights and flash. I was using a D70 prior to this and never had any problems, but now it seems that I cant seem to get the right settings to get good pictures because the camera only allows me to shoot at the max shutter speed of 200 if i take it up to 1/250. i get a dark shadow line at the bottom and increases as i increase the shutter speed. So it does not allow me to increase my aperture. It is extremely frustrating and is something i never had to deal with on my D70. Brief comment about your site. It is extremely helpful thanks so much. Please if you could advise me on what to do. Thanks Again

By: Rustam

Rustam — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:26:25 +0000

Thank you for great tips. I have nikon d7000 and would like to buy 40mm macro lense, can I use this lense for landscape as well? And should I consider other brands sigma tamron?

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:02:22 +0000

I have recently purchased a canon 1000D. I am taking photography at college and we use the same cameras but on my camera whatever shutter speed it is on, the shutter goes slow and I end up getting pretty patterns from any lights in the shot which isn’t what I want. On the cameras at college this doesn’t happen and I am doing the exact same things on mine as I am doing on them. I would like some help to try and make it faster so I don’t need to rely on my photography teacher when I need to do separate shoots at home. Thank you.

By: Carlisle

Carlisle — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:18:44 +0000

Hello. Thank you for this . Obviously, I’m new in Photography and this year I’ll be taking my first ever Photography subject and I’m trying to learn in advance by reading articles, the manual, and tutorials. Anyway, I now know how the Shutter Speed, Aperture, ISO works, etc. A little. Hehe! Thanks again! :)