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Minimum shutter speed to freeze the fish?

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PHXAZCRAIG
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Re: Minimum shutter speed to freeze the fish?

When I was shooting a compact camera (RX100), if I had it on Aperture priority it would drop shutter speed to 1/30th.  Obviously too low.

In frustration after my first use of it, I decided to go to shutter priority and find a speed that froze the fish while keeping ISO as low as possible.   I ended up at 1/160th, and I've used that or 1/125th ever since.  On my D850 I was at 1/160th for a long time, but recently have started dropping to 1/125th.   But there's a big difference to shooting slow shutter speeds at 16mm and 105mm.

Suggest you perform some experiments next time you dive.  Try the speeds between 1/125th and 1/500th on your typical fish.  See what you can get away with.

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