Best Shutter Speed for Video – Lumix G9

hi there its Marlene Hielema from ImageMaven.com. In this tutorial I'm going to talk about shutter speeds for shooting video, and I'm going to use the Lumix G9. I'm gonna use my skateboard as a prop. [Music] So what I did in this video is I took various clips of me skateboarding at different shutter speeds. So I started at 1/60s and I went all the way up to 1/2000s to see if it makes any visual difference to your video. And of course if your subject is moving you're probably going to notice that difference a bit more than if your subject isn't moving. Like for instance right here, I'm just a talking head not moving that much, unless I do this. And you probably wouldn't notice the difference as much as if somebody was skateboarding, cycling, playing soccer and that kind of stuff. Then you probably would notice the difference that shutter speed makes on your video clips. But maybe that doesn't matter to you. Maybe shutter speed doesn't make enough of a difference for you to worry about it. And that's really the point of this. Photographers shouldn't worry too much about shutter speed as long as you're within limits. Video experts suggest using a shutter speed double the frame rate. So right now my frame rate is 60 P so double that would be 120 so 1/120s. The closest I can get is 1/125, so that is the ideal shutter speed. It's the closest I can get when I'm shooting at 60 P. When shooting video at the ideal shutter speed, or shutter angle, it's a bit easier on the eyes because there's a bit of blur in the frames. When you shoot a video at a shutter speed that's too fast the playback can look a little bit jumpy. And sometimes that's hard to watch. It's hard on the brain, especially on a big screen. So that's why you should kind of keep your shutter speed within limits when shooting fast action. The faster the action, the more jumpy your video will look on playback if you shoot it at a high shutter speed. It might not be ideal to shoot at a different shutter speed than what's recommended, but the good news is that your camera won't break! Let's have a look at those clips and you can judge for yourself. [Sound of skateboarding] [Sound of skateboarding] [Sound of skateboarding] All right. Hopefully those tests showed you what happens when you change the shutter speed of your video clips. Now you should always do your own tests with your own camera gear and see how it works out for you.