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shutterspeed

shutterspeed is the alternative form of shutter speed.

Meaning of shutter speed

Noun

shutter speed (countable and uncountable, plural shutter speeds)

  1. The duration of time for which the shutter of a camera remains open when exposing photographic film or other photosensitive material to light for the purpose of recording an image.
    • Shutter speeds are usually measured in seconds or fractions of a second, and are typically arranged in a sequence that includes 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250 and 1/500.1993 November 21, Charles Hagen, “CAMERA: For Film Exposure, Timing Is the Key”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Apr 2009

Forms of shutterspeed

pluralshutterspeeds

Origin of shutterspeed

From shutter + speed.

Questions about shutterspeed

What is shutterspeed the alternative form of?
Shutterspeed is the alternative form of shutter speed.

Words near shutterspeed in the dictionary

  1. shuttering carpenters
  2. shutterings
  3. shutterless
  4. shutterlike
  5. shutters
  6. shutterspeed
  7. shutterspeeds
  8. shutterwise
  9. shuttest
  10. shutteth
  11. shuttin'

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