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.
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