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Minimum shutter speed to freeze the fish?

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Architeuthis Regular Member • Posts: 491
Re: Minimum shutter speed to freeze the fish?

stillviking wrote:

Hey guys,

I'm going to a trip and need the best settings possible because light is not huge there, so I'm going to do (freediving, no flash/oxigen):

- 1/500

I think one can redcue to 1/400 or 1/300. This is what I take when snorkeling with dolphins...

- f11

Aperture depends on your lens/port/sensor format configuration. Normally you go to the widest aperture possible and even a bit further. With Canon 8-15mm fisheye/ Nauticam 140 port and EM1II camera (MFT), I go to f /7.1, in blue water even f/5.6 is o.k.

- AUTO ISO

This totally depends on the camera and sensor format. With EM1II (MFT), I am reluctant to go beyond ISO 400 and go to higher ISO only when there is no other way. With  a larger sensor (FF), you do not need to be as sensitive...

Yours, Wolfgang

Do you guys think I could go to 1/400 or lower or by your experience 1/500 is the minimum to total freeze 100% of shoots?

Thanks!

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