A quick way to test your shutter speeds

RalphLambrecht said:

You can correct for exposure deviations caused by incorrect but consistent shutter speeds through compensating aperture changes.

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benjiboy said:

You are quite right but I personally couldn't be bothered with that Ralph, It's far too messy I have six Canon FD SLR bodys I would have to remember which speeds were inaccurate on each body.

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RalphLambrecht said:

Ben

Face it, you have too many cameras!

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benjiboy said:

My wife Ralph is always encouraging me top have a mistress, she says it would be cheaper than my photography !

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RalphLambrecht said:

My wife thinks photography is cheaper than bowling if you divide the cost by the hours spent with it.

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benjiboy said:

My wife Ralph is always encouraging me top take a mistress, she says it would be cheaper than my photography !

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lxdude said:

Your wife is named Ralph? And uh, Ralph, wants you to take a mistress. Boy, you're a busy little benjiboy aren't you?

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Q.G. said:

And does she know you call her Ralph?

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RalphLambrecht said:

Krzys

That's a great method, and I have used it many times. I also have a Calumet Shutter Tester, which is unfortunately not available anymore, and used right, the audacity method in combination with the right detection hardware is more accurate, because it can records more cycles per second. Attached is a test of the 1/500s setting on a Nikon.

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jviss said:

I know this is a very old thread, 15+ years, but @RalphLambrecht I will certainly appreciate it if you ar still on te site and care to disclose what detection hardware you used to produce that clean measurement.

Thanks,

jv

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