shutter speed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shutter speed
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Picture is taken on slow shutter speed while the camera was moved.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
