shutter speed

English

Noun

shutter speed (countable and uncountable, plural shutter speeds)

1. (photography) 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.
   • 1993 November 21, Charles Hagen, “CAMERA: For Film Exposure, Timing Is the Key”, in New York Times, retrieved 4 Apr. 2009:

     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.

Translations

time during which the shutter of a camera remains open

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 快門速度／快门速度 (kuàimén sùdù)

• Finnish: valotusaika
• French: vitesse d’obturation f
• Hungarian: zársebesség (hu), záridő (hu)
• Japanese: シャッタースピード (ja) (shattā supīdo)
• Maori: huranga kōpani
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lukkertid m or f

  Nynorsk: lukkartid f

• Russian: выдержка (ru) f (vyderžka)
• Spanish: velocidad de obturación f
• Swedish: slutartid c
• Volapük: färmükömavifot