1/3200th makes sense in bright daylight for that shot.Kunkle for Congress TX-34 said:
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It is VERY UNUSUAL for a photographer to use 1/8000 shutter speed @ 30 FPS in broad daylight.
UNLESS you are INTENTIONALLY trying to CLEARLY capture something happening VERY FAST.
Like a BULLET blowing someone’s head clean off their shoulders… https://t.co/rPuhexVlJT pic.twitter.com/VUXJTSaXKm
The brighter the light, the faster the shutter speed.
If you have a lens that has a very narrow range of focus, which you would likely want for a shot of Trump at a rally, so that the attendees would be blurred out, you would be letting in a lot of light. Range of focus is measured in F-stops, the lower the number, the more light that comes in, and the narrower the range of focus. F2.8 is a common F-stop for a very narrow range of focus for, say, a headshot during a rally.
ISO is the "film speed", how sensitive the sensor is to light. The lower the number, the higher the quality the image, and the faster the "film speed". You would use fast (low number) ISO for bright conditions, slower ISO (higher number) for lower light conditions.
F2.8 at 100 ISO is pretty typical setting for this type of shot outdoors when you want maximum image quality and narrow range of focus.
According to the sunny 16 rule, if you are running F2.8 and ISO100, you would want to use 1/3200th as your shutter speed.
Edit: Or, just take Soup's word for it. He's a real life professional photographer:
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