Theory- The Camera
Theory The Camera Shutter Speed What is shutter speed? It is the length of time in which the sh ut ter of the camera is open. To understand this, we need to know how the shutter works and where the shutter is located on the camera. The shutter on a DSLR is located inside t he camera covering the image sensor. The s hutter is made up of 5-15 blades that are controlled either by spring action or electronically by opening and closing depending on your camera settings . The smaller the hole or shutter the less light that gets in. Focal Plane Shutter The focal-plane shutter consists of two light-tight fabric blinds or a combination of metal blinds moving in time across the film immediately in front of the image plane. Usually found in film cameras. The first blind uncovers the film, and the second blind covers it up again, the two blinds forming a traveling slit the width of which determine s the exposure time: the narrower the slit, the shorter the time. The