shutter chance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese シャッターチャンス (shattā chansu), from English shutter + chance.

Noun

shutter chance (plural shutter chances)

1. (non-native speakers' English) The best moment to take a picture of a moving subject.
   • 1985, Japan Patent Office, Patents Abstracts of Japan: Unexamined Applications‎^[1]:

     PURPOSE: To perform flash photography without missing a shutter chance by closing a power switch to a flash device and a timer circuit associatively with the movement of a moving member for switching to a photography ready position.

   • 1995 August 26, na...@ibm.net, “Motor drive vs. power winder”, in rec.photo.help‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-19:

     The why people prefer faster motor drives? There is a very good reason. Faster motor drive allows you to prepare for the next shutter chance. You never keep pushing release for seconds. You always look for the exact shutter chance. But you can be prepared very quickly to the next shutter chance as soon as you finich taking one picture when you have a fast motor drive.

   • 1996 April 29, Leslie, “攝影的互動關係?”, in tw.bbs.rec.photo‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-19:

     I feel the most important thing is to catch the facial expressions. So, shutter chance is very critical. This may be a situation when the continuous-shot shutter mode is of most usable. Wasting some frames seems inevitable even for experienced shooters/professionals-- they just waste less than me.

   • 2015, YOGATA Michiaki, FROGFISH.JP‎^[4]:

     This fish was moving both eyes restlessly like a chameleon.
     So, I held a position in front of the fish. I waited for an ideal shutter chance. And the moment both eyes of this fish saw me, I took a photo.

Translations

the best moment to take a picture of a moving subject

• Japanese: シャッターチャンス (shattā chansu)