shutter chance
nounEtymology Borrowed from Japanese シャッターチャンス (shattā chansu), from English shutter + chance.
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The best moment to take a picture of a moving subject.
Non-native speakers' English
- PURPOSE: To perform flash photography without missing a shutter chance by closing a power switch to a flash device and a timer circuit associatively with the movement of a moving member for switching to a photography ready position.1985, Japan Patent Office, Patents Abstracts of Japan: Unexamined Applications:
- The why people prefer faster motor drives? There is a very good reason. Faster motor drive allows you to prepare for the next shutter chance. You never keep pushing release for seconds. You always look for the exact shutter chance. But you can be prepared very quickly to the next shutter chance as soon as you finich taking one picture when you have a fast motor drive.1995 August 26, na...@ibm.net, “Motor drive vs. power winder”, in rec.photo.help (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
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- I feel the most important thing is to catch the facial expressions. So, shutter chance is very critical. This may be a situation when the continuous-shot shutter mode is of most usable. Wasting some frames seems inevitable even for experienced shooters/professionals-- they just waste less than me.1996 April 29, Leslie, “攝影的互動關係?”, in tw.bbs.rec.photo (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
- This fish was moving both eyes restlessly like a chameleon. So, I held a position in front of the fish. I waited for an ideal shutter chance. And the moment both eyes of this fish saw me, I took a photo.2015, YOGATA Michiaki, FROGFISH.JP: