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Photography
Exposure Calculator
Find the equivalent shutter speed when you change aperture, keeping overall exposure constant. Essential when switching f-stops mid-shoot without altering brightness.
Required Shutter Speed
0.07 s
0.07
0.017
0.5
4
Handheld fastNeeds careTripod requiredLong exposure
Between 1/60s and 0.5s, handheld shake is likely below the 1/focal-length rule. Brace the camera or use stabilization to stay sharp.
Shutter speed scales with the square of the aperture ratio; this bands the resulting exposure time in seconds against camera-shake and tripod rules.
Photography
Timelapse Calculator
Calculate the shooting interval between frames for a timelapse sequence. Use it before a shoot to set your intervalometer correctly and hit a target video length.
Fill in the required fields to see your result.
Key differences
| Exposure Calculator | Timelapse Calculator | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Photography | Photography |
| Inputs required | 3 | 3 |
| Result | Required Shutter Speed (s) | Shooting Interval (seconds) |
| What it does | Find the equivalent shutter speed when you change aperture, keeping overall exposure constant. Essential when switching f-stops mid-shoot without altering brightness. | Calculate the shooting interval between frames for a timelapse sequence. Use it before a shoot to set your intervalometer correctly and hit a target video length. |