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shutter speed

American  

noun

Photography.
  1. speed.


Etymology

Origin of shutter speed

First recorded in 1885–90

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Jiří Hřebíček created an artistic image of a carrion crow by using a long shutter speed while moving his camera on purpose.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2024

“You basically want to have the shutter speed as short as you can get away with, but capturing enough light,” Norris explained.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2023

He adopted a heavy, tripod-mounted 8x10 Deardorff camera, with a slow shutter speed and shallow depth of field, whose seeming inconveniences introduced a new rigor.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2023

Note the shutter speed on the easy-to-read top display.

From The Verge Sep. 9, 2022

Peter asked the pilot to fly low circles around the pyramids while he put together the perfect match of light, lens, angle, and shutter speed.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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