Lowest shutter speed

[jamesino]

What is the lowest possible shutter speed I can use on a Canon XTi/400D whilst maintain the stated 3fps?

 

[davebmck]

Obviously anything longer that 1/3 of a second would not permit you to shoot 3fps.

 

[JimmyO]

That and then im sure there will be a little lag. The longer the exposure the longer it takes to process the image and save it to the card.


But why would this be important? When shooting at 1/3 your usually not shooting something fast that would require consecutive shots that fast.

 

[Garbz]

And throw in a hundred milliseconds for mirror lag since it flips up for every photo.

 

[asfixiate]

Jamesino. Do you have the rebel now? The max speed of the XTI is 3FPS so it really depends on your lighting. I believe in daytime i've been able to set my ISO to 100 and still maintain 3fps. I had no reason to try that other than the fact I was testing capability of camera. If you have to do this than would a rebel be your first choice? What are you shooting?

If I'm shooting at night I use a tripod and I go for one shot at a time. I'd have extremely blurry shots if I tried to shoot 3fps at night.