> Which reminds me: I've thought for some time that the term "shutter speed"
is a particularly misleading misnomer. The shutter always moves at exactly
the same speed and the units are those of *time* not speed.
> "Exposure time" is a much better term. Confusingly, we do talk about
exposure times for long exposures and when discussing printing.
This is absolutely true. This comes from when shutters where leaf
ones and the speed actually varies (sometimes), but with focal plane
shutters the correct expression is, of course, exposure time.
Just MHO
Martin Trucco
Proud Member of the Foto Club Argentino
www.martintrucco.com.ar
Someone asked to a General just before the
WWI about the planes:
"The planes are quite funny,
but they will never be as important
as a horse in a war"
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