When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
How to use Canon 5d mark IV shutter speed?
The Canon EOS 5D series is regarded as one of the best digital cameras available in the market with an affordable price tag.
Usually, a photographer, irrespective of professional or amateur, wants his/her camera to click the frames as desired.
The Canon 5D Mark IV fulfills all the requirements like a higher-resolution sensor with Dual Pixel autofocus, 4K video capture, an upgraded AF system, a touch screen, improved weather-sealing, built-in Wi-Fi/NFC, an interval timer and GPS.
The camera is built around a new 30.4MP CMOS sensor and uses the Digic 6+ processor. The AF system is from the flagship 1D X Mark II and contains 61 AF points (41 of which are cross-type) with up to 24% expanded vertical coverage compared with the system in the Mark III.
The center point is sensitive to -3EV in One Shot (AF-S) mode (in Live View, the sensor is sensitive to -4EV with a fast lens).
The Canon 5D Mark IV can shoot in the dark.
Significance of shutter speed:
Canon 5d mark IV shutter speed – dark
Shutter speed plays an important role in any camera. Aperture and ISO are the other essential aspects. Shutter speed helps to –
- Change the brightness of your photo.
- Add dramatic effect by freezing or blurring the motion.
In other words, shutter speed depicts the time length when the shutter of your camera opens, exposing light onto the camera sensor.
Let’s take a glance at the shutter speed of Canon 5D Mark IV:
- Type – Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter
- Speed – 30-1/8000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments)
- Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
- Shutter Release – Soft-touch electromagnetic release
You can change the shutter speed of your Canon 5D Mark IV as desired or as per requirements.
Canon 5d mark IV shutter speed – change speed
Rotate the same dial that you use to change or adjust the aperture. Remember to set the dial on TV mode for shutter speed.
When you turn the dial to the left, it will lower the shutter speed. The shutter speed would change to a higher side when you rotate the dial to the right side.
Shooting with the use of Canon 5D Mark IV shutter speed:
Step 1.
Minimum shutter speed
Canon 5d mark IV shutter speed – highest
Canon 5d mark IV shutter speed – minimum
The Canon 5D Mark IV camera enables the photographer to set an Auto ISO, and also a lower limit shutter speed.
This feature is extremely helpful since the shutter speed would not become too slow even if the camera shakes or the subject moves and turns blur. Such applications are useful while taking photographs in P or Av mode.
The shutter speeds have a free range of adjustments.
Shutter speeds, also called the ‘exposure time’ are measured in seconds or fractions of a second. The shutter speed for video photography on your Canon 5D Mark IV should be something like 1/30th,1/60th, or maybe 1/125th of a second.
Step 2.
Set shutter speed manually
Canon 5d mark IV shutter speed – manual
You can select the minimum shutter speed to ensure the auto ISO settings never goes too slow.
The ISO speed like shutter speed helps to determine how sensitive your Canon 5 D Mark IV is to incoming light. The shutter speed can drop below the lower limit you set.
Such things occur when the correct exposure is not achieved within the Auto ISO range, and with the lowest shutter speed you selected, so the shutter speed will be shifted to adjust.
Thus, it is always advisable to set the shutter speed manually. This would put an end to all confusion, and your photographs would come out as desired.
The Canon 5D Mark IV is a camera with a flip screen and it’s the perfect option for you as it clicks both portraits as well as landscape frames flawlessly.
All you need is to adjust the aperture, ISO, and shutter speed. You can do it by rotating the wheel on your camera.
The feature-studded camera has been designed in such a manner that you can take the best frames even if you have no or minimum technical knowledge about the camera.
If you are considering getting a wireless remote shutter release for Canon take a look at Canon remote shutter release review section.