Stills photographers will know that the shutter speed is used to control how movement and motion is recorded in your scene. So if you\u2019re taking a picture of running water, for example, a slower shutter speed will give you blurred or smooth water, whereas a fast shutter speed will freeze the water as it falls or flows.<\/p>\n
But in video, the shutter works slightly differently. For a start, with stills photography, you\u2019re relying on a mechanical shutter. But when you\u2019re recording video the noise of the shutter would be picked up during video recording. So instead, the shutter opens at the start and then an electronic shutter simulates the function of the mechanical shutter whilst you\u2019re filming.<\/p>\n
When shooting stills, you can shoot at any shutter speed you like, or at least whatever shutter speed is appropriate for the effect you\u2019re aiming for and the environment you\u2019re working in. You can also capture images right up to 1\/8000 of a second if you\u2019re camera has that function, right the way down to long exposure lasting a number of seconds.<\/p>\n
The critical difference between the two disciplines is that you\u2019re limited to a single shutter speed while recording video, and that shutter speed depends on the frame rate that you\u2019re shooting at. Most of the time that will be either 24 or 25 frames-per-second (fps) and because of 180-degree shutter angle rule, which means that your shutter speed should be double your frame rate.<\/p>\n
For example, when shooting at 25fps, your shutter speed should be 1\/50 of a second. If your camera can shoot at 50 or 60 fps, your shutter speed should be 1\/100 or 1\/125 of a second. The reason for this 180-degree rule is because it helps us to record video that contains natural movement. If the shutter speed is too slow, you\u2019ll get blurred movement, if you shoot at a shutter speed that\u2019s too high, everyone in your scene will look like robots or as if they were recorded in stop motion. Sticking to the 180-rule will give you the most natural movement.<\/p>\n\n
Having to stick with a fixed shutter speed can feel particularly limiting for those of us who are experienced in stills photography. If you\u2019re outdoors and shooting at 1\/50 of a second and at your lowest ISO and you want to use a wide aperture, you\u2019ll often find that you\u2019re scene is overexposed. The natural tendency for a photographer would be to increase the shutter speed, but because we can\u2019t do that, we have to use ND filters to reduce the amount of light entering through the lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stills photographers will know that the shutter speed is used to control how movement and motion is recorded in your scene. So if you\u2019re taking a picture of running water, for example, a slower shutter speed will give you blurred or smooth water, whereas a fast shutter speed will freeze the water as it falls […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1603],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-147659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"yoast_head":"\n