Ixus 330 Shutter Speed

[jefery]

According to the Ixus 330 specs, its shutter speed is between 15 - 1/1500 seconds. So far, most of the photo I shot at the fastest speed is 1/600 only. I know that the shutter speed for Ixus 330 is automatically adjust. In what condition or what should I do in order to archive the 1/1500 seconds shutter speed?

[EvoSix]

I've got the same problem. It seems i can't get the shutter speed to be faster than 1/60 sec. I recently came back form Las Vegas. The photos looked good in the LCD, but was suprised when all the night shots turned out blurry on my PC. I know that turning the ISO levels increase the shutter speed but with cloudy pics. What settings do you guys do with motion shots at night?

[JohnMN]

I'm not an expert on shutter speeds but the speeds you mention in your postings are very fast for normal picture taking. Even race cars going at 200mph only need around 1/250 - 1/500, where are you getting 1/600 from? Are you sure it's not 1/60 which is the normal speed my A40 always selects. As the shutter speed increases, the aperture closes and lets in less light and you get darker pictures. Also I wouldn't change the ISO speed as you say it makes the pictures come out blurry and full of 'noise'. Keep it to Auto or ISO 50, I would only use the faster speeds on really bright days. And EvoSix what kind of 'motion' shots at night are you talking about?

JohnMN

[Elizabeth]

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I own an IXUS 330 but I am a worse than average photographer. :( How do I check the shutter speed?

[stduc]

If the flash is on the camera will always select 1/60 as the shutter speed in auto mode. Normally one would have the flash set to auto mode.

To check how a photo was taken including shutter speed either keep pressing the display button in playback mode until the additional info appears (the button cycles info from none to all through 'some'. Or, look at the exif data using a computer (plenty of postings here about exif data!)

JohnMN - Actually as shutter speed increases aperture has to increase (open) so the f # decreases!

[stopbath]

To gain those extra little bit of shutter speeds (since the camera selects the aperture and shutter speed combination for you) you'll have to have the camera sense too more light (brighten subject even more, or increase the ISO).

Since you already got 1/600th, you'll need one and a third more EV to get the top speed (since the aperture would likely have been closed down fully by that time.)

It would have been nice for Canon to include a program shift control (example: Push the left or right buttons to select higher or lower shutter speeds with complementory change in aperture (so that the exposure stays the same.))