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Relationships explained!

Thursday, September 24th 2009 @ 5:02 PM (not yet rated) post viewed 140 times

It can be hard to "see" how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO inter-relate and affect your images. Shutter speed is the length of time the shutter is open, aperture the size of the opening in the lens, and ISO is how sensitive to light your sensor is. How about an awesome and simple visual?

Here's a website with a picture simulator, you can play with shutter speed, aperture, and ISO and see IMMEDIATELY what it does to the picture! It's the best demonstration I've ever seen of these relationships! Click HERE to go see it!

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Atlas said on Saturday, September 26th 2009 @ 8:18 PM:

Great find.. Wish I ad seen it when I first started out :)

Cherie Renae
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CherieRenae said on Monday, September 28th 2009 @ 10:41 AM:

I agree. This is a GREAT site. Everyone should look at it!

KathiBrunson
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KathiBrunson said on Sunday, October 4th 2009 @ 9:03 AM:

I have a handle (I think) on using the right aperature and shutter speed but am having trouble remembering what ISO to use for which conditions. This was a great visual exercise.