shutter speed

noun

Photography.

1. speed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shutter speed¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

"I learned how to shoot at night, adjust shutter speed and aperture," said Keerthi, who lives in the Tenkasi district.

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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.

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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.

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The shutter speed should be slow, but at most 15 seconds, to capture the trail of light moving across the sky, and you’ll need a tripod to prevent blurriness.

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On Reddit, one user who described taking a photo of last year’s annular solar eclipse put solar filters over the lens and used the “pro mode, with ISO set to 50 and reduced the exposure and shutter speed till the exposure looked about right.”

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