
Episode 581
What is the shutter speed of our eyes?
Can you compare our visual system and a camera...
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
September 6, 20244m 17s
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Show Notes
When listener Suzy is taking pictures of the night sky, she makes use of longer shutter speeds to capture more light to get better images of stars. That got her thinking, do human eyes also have a shutter speed? James Tytko took up the question... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
eyeshutter speedastrophotographyretinarods and cones