Photo Taco – Shutter Speed Rule Wives’ Tale or Reality?

March 15, 2016 / Photo Taco Podcast / By Jeff Harmon

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Is the old 1/focus length a good rule for getting maximum sharpness, or is it a wives' tale now with digital cameras? Jim Harmer tells you what his testing has shown.

Chart of how slow of a shutter speed you can use at each focal length. — Now wouldn't THAT look like shareable content? Hint hint…. I'd love it if you'd share this infographic on social media–especially Pinterest. It took me a few hours to make, so I hope it's helpful.

5 thoughts on “Photo Taco – Shutter Speed Rule Wives’ Tale or Reality?”

Heidi
March 15, 2016 at 9:54 AM

I could not find the chart you referenced
Dewey R. Kerr Jr.
March 16, 2016 at 8:01 AM

I m a “Street” & “Nature”: Photographer. Driving around in my car shooting or walking in the City or in the Forest. Things have a tendency to move quickly I mostly shoot above 1/400. ..
Marco Borzacconi
March 21, 2016 at 11:23 AM

Hi Jim,
do you think the number of pixels have influences on this table?
I think that, for the “GOOD” value, a bigger number of pixel could enlarge the problems…
David
March 25, 2016 at 7:53 AM

The chart doesn’t make sense to me.
Full frame 50mm isn’t 32mm on a crop sensor, it’s 75mm.
1. Jim Harmer
  March 25, 2016 at 6:49 PM
  
  @David- It’s not saying that 50mm on full frame is the same field of view as 32mm on a crop sensor. That would indeed be wrong. It’s saying what focal length on both cameras the rest of the line will be true at. So at those focal lengths, you can get to those shutter speeds.

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