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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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With a slow shutter speed to capture the surrounding light, everything came together perfectly on the tenth night as the owl made its move.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025

At the next drugstore, Faryar came out with Kodak film in yellow boxes, showed Diltz the instructions on the back, how to set the shutter speed.

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

I bought an app for the phone for photographing in the unprocessed image Raw mode but more importantly for letting me control the shutter speed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

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

From The Verge ● Sep. 9, 2022

Fadi had suggested using a fast shutter speed to freeze the action as it came into view.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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