Please remember that because there are so many different light fluctuations no one shutter speed works for the same situation. These shutter speeds are meant as starting points for you to work with. Remember that speeds of these situations changes as well. For example, a major league baseball player will throw much faster than a middle school baseball player.
- Ice Skating
- Jumps - 1/250
- Open Spins - 1/350
- Tight Spins - 1/500
- Softball
- Pitched Ball Parallel to Photographer - 1/1000 (1/500 for blur)
- Pitched Ball Coming at Photographer - 1/500
- Players Catching a Ball - 1/350
- Running Players - 1/350 (depending on angle to camera)
- Players Preparing to Throw a Ball - 1/350
- Baseball
- Pitched Ball Parallel to Photographer - 1/1000 (1/500 for blur)
- Pitched Ball Coming at Photographer - 1/500
- Players Catching a Ball - 1/350
- Running Players - 1/500 (depending on angle to camera)
- Players Preparing to Throw a Ball - 1/350
- Football
- Players Running Towards Photographer - 1/250
- Players Running Parallel to Photographer - 1/500
- Cheerleader Being Tossed - 1/250
- Kids Running
- Towards the Camera - 1/180
- Parallel to the Camera - 1/250
- People Jumping
- Unassisted - 1/350
- Trampoline or with Other Assist - 1/500
- Golf
- Golf Balls Parallel to Photographer - 1/3200
- Golf Swing Parallel to Photographer - 1/2500
- Water
- Waves - 1/350
- Splash from Thrown Object - 1/1500