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Minimum shutter speed to freeze the fish?

Started 8 months ago | Discussions thread
kelpdiver Veteran Member • Posts: 5,564
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

- f11

- AUTO ISO

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!

need to tell us the camera.   Jump settings are highly dependent on the system.

Moat of us cannot use a setting faster than 1/200th or 1/250th and still sync to the strobe unless we do some intricate (and not so reliable) setup.   1/200th is plenty.   I think most of the time 1/120th would also suffice.

F/11 is probably not a good idea for a compact.   If you're light challenged, you may have little choice but to open it pretty wide.   The ISO has to be kept reasonable - 400 or less, I'd think.   AutoISO may work against you, esp if the model doesn't let you set a max acceptable.

Can you manage with a SOLA light (or similar) on the camera?    Some light is better than none at all.

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