Shutter Speed Experiments

Shutter Speed and Frame Rate


Frame Rate = the number of frames captured by the camera per second.

Shutter Speed = Duration of the time each frame is exposed to light.

The standard setting for your shutter speed should be double your frame rate, or as close as possible. For example: 24p at 1/50. 

Frame Rate vs. Shutter Speed from Story & Heart on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/138261651

1/30 

For these videos, I shot on the standard kit lens (18-55mm). I used a shutter speed of 1/30 on a tripod, which is relatively slow and we can see a fair amount of motion blur when the subjects are moving. 

18-55mm kit lens 1:30 from Frankie Smith on Vimeo.

1:30 s from Frankie Smith on Vimeo.

1/100

I shot these videos on a 18-55mm standard kit lens. 

18-55mm kit lens 1:100 from Frankie Smith on Vimeo.

1:100 from Frankie Smith on Vimeo.

Reflection

I think that my videos were relatively effective, although I can definitely room for improvement. The videos were all exposed correctly, however in the videos with the cars as subjects, the tripod is slightly wonky which does not look aesthetically pleasing.