POLL: Do you need 1/8000s shutter speed?

[TexPhoto]

Only time I've used 1/8000 was to shoot the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. When does that happen again next?

10 December 2117. Same day they update the 1DX.

1/8000 is cool. i use it when I can. But does everyone understand they whole exposure takes much longer? In an exposure like 1/8000 of a second really most exposures that are faster than your flash sync speed, the shutter is a slit that travels across the film plane. At 1/8000, the slit is pretty small.

 

[distant.star]

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I use it to impress women. They really get it!!

 

[Deleted member 7828]

No, but it is nice to have just in case.

I can only recall one time when I would have used it but my camera at the time topped out at 1/4000s.

 

[ninjapeps]

I use it, though very, very rarely since I don't shoot outdoors in daylight all that much and almost never at faster than f4.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I've never used it, or 1/4000 either. The fast shutter speeds are way down on my list of desirable features.

 

[Random Orbits]

For 2013 and 2014, I've used 1/8000 0.7% of the time. Combined 1/4000 + 1/5000 + 1/8000 is about 3% of the time. I almost always shoot using Av, so I'm setting up for freezing action for subjects in the shade, and then shoot something under direct sun, the shutter speed will get up there. Most popular ISO that it happens at is 400, although it still happens quite a bit at ISO 100, especially with fast lenses.

 

[rpt]

Only time I've used 1/8000 was to shoot the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. When does that happen again next?

+1
That time I had the 300D and so did not have the 1/8000 setting

 

[candc]

I wish the 6d had it.if you want to shoot the 50l wide open (that's the reason you buy it) in bright daylight you have to use a nd filter.

 

[kennephoto]

I need it for stopping power in bright light even without a very wide aperture. What I mean I shot a hockey game outdoors in bright sunlight, and part of the arena was in the shade. I wanted to keep my shutters above 1000 to stop movement, my aperture as low as possible to fade out some annoying backgrounds and my ISO at 100 to keep my dynamic range up to deal with the glaring snow and black uniforms. Between 1/1000 and 1/8000 only gives 3 stops of difference and I found myself having to continually adjust my aperture to compensate for the variety of exposures needed. I found myself wishing for 1/16000 second exposure that day. I'm sure a better photographer could have found a better solution but that's just my 2 cents

Buy an old canon 1d classic, I have one and it can shoot at 1/16,000 of a second. Not my photo but an example of 1/16,000!

http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_030721-N-0000S-023_The_destroyer_USS_Thorn_(DD_988)_fires_her_aft_MK_45_5-inch-54_caliber_lightweight_gun_mount_during_Sink_Exercise_(SINKEX)_2003_off_the_coast_of_Virginia.jpg

 

[eli452]

Do not recall using 1/8000 but the mechanism that can take that has better build quality (I hope).

 

[Marsu42]

I wish the 6d had it.if you want to shoot the 50l wide open (that's the reason you buy it) in bright daylight you have to use a nd filter.

But then again, just having one stop faster shutter wouldn't save you and you'd have to use a nd filter anyway?

 

[Maximilian]

I didn't do any research through my pic data, but...

I use speeds up to 1/2000 very often and up to 1/4000 sometimes.
I cannot recall if and how often I've used speeds higher than 1/4000.
But it's nice to have that as a reserve, e.g. bright light, fast action (insects, etc.).

So I voted for that.

 

[streestandtheatres]

I went for a walk recently and ended up with about a dozen photos at 1/8000. It was on the top of a mountain, very clear air and very very very bright light. The landscape shot was under cloud, and still at 1/8000. (35mm at 1.4 on a 7dii)

 

[canon1dxman]

I use it quite a lot in sports shooting. One notable time was trying to get Tiger Woods full golf swing (in his prime!) Used at cricket too.

 

[pwp]

Unrelated rant: I'd like ISO 25 and 1/500 flash sync even better.

For sure...I'd take the 1/500 sync speed any day.

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I use it to impress women. They really get it!!

Hah! ;D

-pw

 

[DominoDude]

I need it to shoot mating bunnies; only way to get rid of the motion blur. ;D
I've also heard that it's useful if you want to capture the disappearance act of a paycheck, but I have had no recent way of confirming that...

Jokes aside: I have it, and I use it. Examples would be like - Shooting water spray from crashing waves against cliffs in the summer with the sun slightly behind them, or landscapes dominated by snow and ice on a clear and bright winter day.
It has also come into play when bracketing, and when shooting sports on the beach.

 

[Random Orbits]

I wish the 6d had it.if you want to shoot the 50l wide open (that's the reason you buy it) in bright daylight you have to use a nd filter.

But then again, just having one stop faster shutter wouldn't save you and you'd have to use a nd filter anyway?

Many times it is just enough. I did a similar thing at the beach, and I had to put on the CP and drop the ISO to 50 to get it into min shutter time of the camera. Sometimes the highlights are still blown slightly, but it's better than blowing out the midtones.

 

[AcutancePhotography]

ouch! ;D

 

[TexPhoto]

I wish the 6d had it.if you want to shoot the 50l wide open (that's the reason you buy it) in bright daylight you have to use a nd filter.

But then again, just having one stop faster shutter wouldn't save you and you'd have to use a nd filter anyway?

Many times it is just enough. I did a similar thing at the beach, and I had to put on the CP and drop the ISO to 50 to get it into min shutter time of the camera. Sometimes the highlights are still blown slightly, but it's better than blowing out the midtones.

Agree. I have a low $ ND filter and a high $ polarizing filter. Often the polarizers 2 stops + 1/8000 of a second are enough to avoid the ND filter.

 

[IglooEater]

Buy an old canon 1d classic, I have one and it can shoot at 1/16,000 of a second. Not my photo but an example of 1/16,000!

http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_030721-N-0000S-023_The_destroyer_USS_Thorn_(DD_988)_fires_her_aft_MK_45_5-inch-54_caliber_lightweight_gun_mount_during_Sink_Exercise_(SINKEX)_2003_off_the_coast_of_Virginia.jpg

Thanks! That's cool 4mpix would be enough for my sports use.. just not for landscape.. . Putting some perspective to what I said, I don't do sports much, so the want of 1/8000 probably wouldn't keep me from getting
the 6d anyways, I'd probly just drag an nd filter around. Unless sports/action or fast moving subjects are your bread and butter, you probably won't miss it imho