Difference between revisions of "Shutter"
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− | The shutter lets light pass into the camera for a measured amount of time. When exposure | + | The shutter lets light pass into the camera for a measured amount of time. When exposure time is shorter than 1/125 s - 1/250 s the shutter can't expose the whole sensor to light at the same time. On modern camera the sensor is typically exposed in a strip moving from the bottom up during short exposures. This means that fast moving objects and flashing lights may be distorted and be hard to interpret without a full knowledge of the way the specific shutter works. Some digital cameras have electronic shutters to overcome this limitation. |
− | Maybe the largest problem arises when using an electronic flash as a fill in on a sunny day. | + | Maybe the largest problem arises when using an electronic flash as a fill in on a sunny day. The flash will refuse to fire because it can't light the whole scene at short exposure times. Some flash units have "high-speed sync" which means that they will emit a series of flashes at very high frequency to be able to light the whole scene as the shutter exposes the sensor bit by bit. |
[[Category:Photography]] | [[Category:Photography]] |
Revision as of 07:41, 15 February 2007
The shutter lets light pass into the camera for a measured amount of time. When exposure time is shorter than 1/125 s - 1/250 s the shutter can't expose the whole sensor to light at the same time. On modern camera the sensor is typically exposed in a strip moving from the bottom up during short exposures. This means that fast moving objects and flashing lights may be distorted and be hard to interpret without a full knowledge of the way the specific shutter works. Some digital cameras have electronic shutters to overcome this limitation.
Maybe the largest problem arises when using an electronic flash as a fill in on a sunny day. The flash will refuse to fire because it can't light the whole scene at short exposure times. Some flash units have "high-speed sync" which means that they will emit a series of flashes at very high frequency to be able to light the whole scene as the shutter exposes the sensor bit by bit.