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my shutter speed is extremely slow in low light without the flash. what setting do i need to use to get the instant speed from the shutter no matter what type of light is around i cant figure it out

2007-01-04 05:49:14 · 5 answers · asked by pablo 1 in Consumer Electronics Cameras

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By the wording of your question, I think you do not actually mean the shutter speed, but rather the speed with which the shutter activates the picture taking process. This is also known as shutter lag. It is MINIMAL in DSLR's under most circumstances, but if you are trying to autofocus in very low light, it may take a while for your camera to complete this operation. If you have any "focus aids," such as an auxilliary or infra-red light, be sure that they are enabled. This will be somewhat of an annoyance, but it will speed up the auto-focus quite a bit.

If you actually DO mean shutter speed, then the other answers are good.

2007-01-04 11:18:00 · answer #1 · answered by Jess 5 · 0 0

The answer does lay in your aperture and ISO speed.

But without getting too technical, some camera's have a shutter priority setting, switch it to that, then choose how long you want the shutter to stay open. Your camera will then adjust the rest of the options around that. You still may need to play with the ISO speed though.

2007-01-04 14:11:56 · answer #2 · answered by 1 of 300 2 · 0 0

S on the top dial (for Shutter). It overides the shutter speed. Most cameras can go as fast as 1/2000 second. Going this fast in low light conditions will usually give you black images. Anything slower than 1/30s will usually give you blurry ones. If possible change the ISO setting to as high as possible, and play around with S settings till you get the image you want (warning high ISO creates grainy pictures)

Alternatively set the A (aperture) to lowest one possible (dependent on your lens) sharp lenses can go down to about 1.2 if they are non zoom (ie Nikon 50mm 1.2) This low aperture will give you a very small area that is in focus.

2007-01-04 14:05:22 · answer #3 · answered by Wojtek 1 · 0 0

i guess you could turn the ISO to the highest it goes, probably around 1600. but in low light, the shutter will be slow to let light into the camera, unless you manually change the shutter speed

2007-01-04 13:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by alohafridayalex 3 · 0 0

You need to open up your aperture..."pupil" on the lense. If the light is too low you may not be able to get the aperture open enough to allow a fast shutter speed. Smaller the number...more open the lense. You will need to do this in "manual" mode on your camera.

2007-01-04 13:55:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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