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Stopping Motion with Shutter Speeds [INFOGRAPHIC]

by . September 26th, 2015

Getting the right shutter speed to stop your subject in its tracks is as easy as this infographic.

Understanding shutter speeds can be a huge pain in the neck, but learning how to deal with them is absolutely important for any photographer, regardless of whether they want to express something in a shot with creative use of motion blur, or capture something more precisely.

Scott Kivowitz  created this infographic for the now-defunct Lens Sweet Spot site. This graph has been floating around and it’s kind of a shame it didn’t get more traction. Make sure to visit Scott’s site if you find it useful!

Metric conversions after the infographic.
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Not everyone has an idea how to visualize a mile, let alone miles per hour as a unit of speed. Kind of funny given the lenses are in metric anyway. Here we’ve done a quick set of conversions for our non-american photographers.

Distances in metric for our non-American readers

Moon………………………………………3680.570 km/h

Military jet………………………………..997.793 km/h

Passenger plane………………………….885.139 km/h

Race car………………………………….233.355 km/h

Drone……………………………………..160.934 km/h

Jet ski……………………………………..104.607 km/h

Commuter train………………………80.4672 km/h

Horse……………………………………..64.3738 km/h

Car/ Dolphin…………………………….56.327 km/h

Actually-useful dogs…………………..40.2336 km/h

Non-doped Cyclist………………………32.1869 km/h

Slow American Runner………………22.5308 km/h

Puny American Rain drops……………8.04672 km/h

Walking…………………………………….6.43738 km/h

Zombie……………………………………..3.21869 km/h

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