Shutter Speed Tutorial

Trusted Reviews has posted a tutorial on Shutter speed and writes - 'Any movement in the frame during the exposure will be captured in the picture, resulting in motion blur. Anti-shake systems can do nothing to correct this; the only solution is to use a shutter speed fast enough to effectively freeze the action, which is why some camera manufacturers, most notably Fujifilm, have concentrated on producing CCD sensors with better high ISO performance, since this allows you to use faster shutter speeds in low light conditions.

With a fast enough shutter speed you can freeze even very fast-moving objects, as this sequence of photos will show. They were taken using a Nikon D200 SLR through the plane window on a flight to France, at shutter speeds of 1/125th, 1/250th, 1/500th, 1/1000th and 1/2000th of a second.....'

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