Sharp ve-cg40u User Manual

The following ar

e tips for setting the shutter

speed. Use a shutter speed based on your

subject and photographic objectives.

•

Fast shutter speeds can be used to captur

e

fast-moving objects such as a racehorse or

athlete. The subject will look fr

ozen in motion.

•

Slower shutter speeds can be used in take

pictur

es under low lighting conditions such as

the evening light of the moon.

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Slower shutter speeds can also be used

when you want the image blurr

ed so it shows

a trail of motion, such as in str

eams or

water

falls.

•

W

ith 1/500, you can captur

e most spor

ts.

However

, it may blur par

ts that ar

e moving faster

than the ar

ea of focus, like the clear head and

torso of a galloping horse but with blurr

y legs.

•

Recor

ding with a shutter speed faster than 1/60

sec. tends to darken the pictur

e. Recor

d in

bright locations when you use a fast shutter

speed.

•

Use of a tripod is r

ecommended when using a

slow shutter speed to avoid camera shaking

unless you have a special r

eason to hold the

camera by hand.

•

Using a fast shutter speed under fluor

escent

lighting will cause flickering in the pictur

e and

possibly color shifts.

•

When selecting 1/30 sec., you may get a

shadow image behind a subject that is in motion.

•

To captur

e most

moderately moving

objects.

•

Will make a fast-moving

object look frozen (e.g. a

runner

, dancer).

1/500 sec.

1/250 sec.

•

To captur

e images in

fairly dark conditions.

•

To captur

e objects that

ar

e not moving ver

y fast.

•

Safe to hold by hand

without shaking.

•

Y

ou can tr

y a variety of

depth of fields.

1/125 sec.

l

1/60 sec.

1/30 sec.

•

C

reates a sense of

motion by blurring

moving objects.

1/15 sec.

or

slower