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Are there stardard shutter speed for studio?

 
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Sep 05, 2008 21:45 |  #1

Are there a standard shutter speed for studio? I mean any recommended range of shutter speed? Or it does vary as the iso and apperture does?

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Sep 05, 2008 21:50 |  #2

If you're working with studio strobes, your shutter speed won't affect exposure or the possibility of motion blur.

Unless you're deliberately trying to balance continuous light sources with flash, simply set your shutter speed to the fastest speed at which it will sync with your lights (I'd guess it will be around 1/125-1/160) and leave it there.




  
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Sep 05, 2008 21:56 |  #3

It will depend on what you want but for my studio setup I shoot at the maximum sync speed for my lights so that the ambient light is totally killed off unless I'm going for a particular look and have dimmed the room lights so I can use a slower shutter speed.


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Sep 05, 2008 21:59 |  #4

Whatever syncs with flash.



  
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Sep 05, 2008 22:42 |  #5

Fellipe de Paula wrote in post #6250572 (external link)
Are there a standard shutter speed for studio? I mean any recommended range of shutter speed? Or it does vary as the iso and apperture does?

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As other have already mentioned, unless you are mixing the ambient light with the flash strobe you should shoot at max sync speed :) (for your EOS 5D it should be 1/200th)


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Sep 05, 2008 23:00 |  #6

Max sync speed for studio lights is 1/125th, though sometimes it works faster. The sync 1/250th and 1/200th speed mentioned is for speedlites, which is different.


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Sep 06, 2008 02:16 |  #7

Follow Tim's advice and start at 1/125. Take a shot without firing the strobes. If this results in a black image, then you know that when you turn the light on, they will be contributing 100% of the overall exposure.


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Sep 06, 2008 04:58 as a reply to  @ Curtis N's post |  #8

1/125s is always safe. I push mine to 1/160s with no problem at all. Be careful is trying faster speeds as you may begin to see a hint of shutter curtain by 1/200s. It will vary depending on the camera and strobes used.


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