From the course: Learning to Use Mirrorless Cameras

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Shutter Priority mode

Shutter Priority mode

From the course: Learning to Use Mirrorless Cameras

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Shutter Priority mode

- We've added a little bit of movement to set. In this case, a Stirling machine, which is a steam-powered engine. And I've done this so you can see how shutter priority influences things. One of the main benefits of shutter priority is it allows you to have more control over shutter speed. This is quite useful because it's great for things that are moving quickly. Or things like birds, cars, sports where you want to freeze the action. Or maybe you want to slow the shutter down to make it look a bit smoother, like a flowing waterfall. When we shoot in shutter priority mode, you can look for a mode that says S or TV for time value on your camera. Or you might have a dedicated knob like we have here, which allows us to actually dial in our shutter speed. So in this case, I've set the ISO to Auto, but I could adjust my shutter speed here between different values. Let's go ahead and start right there at an 8000th of a…

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