Posted by Mike Magden on June 20, 2010 at 10:16 PM
I took this photo in a park in shade. I tried to raise the shutter speed by increasing the ISO . My question is when you are shooting in shade or low light and you need a fast shutter speed of 1000 what do you do to increase the shutter speed? Another example I have is shooting on my porch in shade at a bird feeder in the sun. For me to get the bird shot I needed a faster shutter speed but my shutter would only go to 200.
Thanks ,
Mike
My question is when you are shooting in shade or low light and you need a fast shutter speed of 1000 what do you do to increase the shutter speed?
Mike,
Your only options in this case are: Shoot at an iso that will give you your desired shutter speed (for a given aperture); use artificial light; wait for better natural light. Keep in mind that high iso's may create noise. You could also use a combination of higher.iso, wider aperture and artificial light to get a higher shutter speed.
For me to get the bird shot I needed a faster shutter speed but my shutter would only go to 200.
From your description of the scene, it appears that your meter is reading either the porch shade or a dark background. Use a spot mode (or hanheld spot meter) to read the light on the feeder.
Mike - if you could describe more of the situation I think there could be more advice.
What's the scene like? What mode is your camera in? What is the metering setting? Flash or no flash? I'm not quite sure what you mean by your shutter would only go to 200...you mean no matter how high you pushed the ISO? Or were you at max already?
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3 repliesThanks ,
Mike
Mike,
Your only options in this case are: Shoot at an iso that will give you your desired shutter speed (for a given aperture); use artificial light; wait for better natural light. Keep in mind that high iso's may create noise. You could also use a combination of higher.iso, wider aperture and artificial light to get a higher shutter speed.
For me to get the bird shot I needed a faster shutter speed but my shutter would only go to 200.
From your description of the scene, it appears that your meter is reading either the porch shade or a dark background. Use a spot mode (or hanheld spot meter) to read the light on the feeder.
I hope this helps,
--P
What's the scene like? What mode is your camera in? What is the metering setting? Flash or no flash? I'm not quite sure what you mean by your shutter would only go to 200...you mean no matter how high you pushed the ISO? Or were you at max already?