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In Reply to: Twilight Photography posted by James on December 25, 2000 at 21:35:34:
: I have a Canon AE-1 Program SLR camera, but I am usure as to what shutter speeds to use for what lighting and so forth. This afternoon, I was photograghing a Great Blue Heron in Dusk lighting, but I was unsure what shutter speed to use. Can anyone Help?
There is no "universal" shutter speed for given times of day. Thats why you have a meter in the camera. As a rule of thumb use the slowest speed you can without camera shake so you also get decent background detail then set the apeture using Walah! the meter! I believe from memory the "program" mode tends to close down the aperture and drop the shutter speed? Not sure there read the manual to confirm.
Mike
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