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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Sebastian Oakley

1/500th is all I need for photography, maybe you do too?

Topplate Leica M-E at 1/500.

I spent nearly two decades being a professional sports photographer, traveling the world for my job and shooting at many different shutter speeds to capture the action in full swing.

Now, as I've changed gears and try to capture the beauty in the mundane through street/documentary photography 1/500sec seems to be my limit, well not even my limit more a "always-on" approach, and while that might sound odd it really works in any setting!

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