shutter speed
Noun
Meaning
shutter speed (countable and uncountable, plural shutter speeds)
(photography) The duration of time for which the shutter of a camera remains open when exposing photographic film or other photosensitive material to light for the purpose of recording an image.
Examples
Autoexposure, technically known as semi-automatic exposure, where the camera's metering system chooses either the shutter speed or the aperture, was finally introduced by the Savoyflex and popularized by Konishiroku in the 1965 Konica Auto-Reflex.
And when we compared results from the two aperture settings at the same ISO and shutter speed, the photos captured in f/1.5 aperture seemed a little bit brighter and crisper than their f/2.4 counterparts.
One thing to learn is that the shutter speed controls the ambient and the aperture you choose controls the amount of flash.
A tripod can also be helpful in that it enables a slower shutter speed to be used.
He later did additional studies, as well as improving his camera for quicker shutter speed and faster film emulsions.
Different (but related) settings of aperture and shutter speed enable photographs to be taken under various conditions of film or sensor speed, lighting and motion of subjects and/or camera, and desired depth of field.