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Feel free to edit any of my photos<br />All comments welcome and appreciated<br />London England<br />Canon 1Ds2<br />I lost faith in religion as a child when I saw a lightning conductor being fitted to the local church. RSPB Member. |
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Feel free to edit any of my photos<br />All comments welcome and appreciated<br />London England<br />Canon 1Ds2<br />I lost faith in religion as a child when I saw a lightning conductor being fitted to the local church. RSPB Member. |
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It really depends on the focal length - I can get down to 1/30 or lower with a small lens, but with something equiv to 400mm then I'm really lucky if I get shake-free shots at 1/125. There is definitely a stop or two to be gained by holding and breathing correctly. Would be interested in any tips myself.
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OK - only tip I'll offer is really a cheat, but it is to have your camera set up to continually fire while the shutter is depressed. I find that if shooting 3 or more frames per second (depending on shutter speed) then one or more will turn out to be steady.
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This is dependent upon both the camera and the lens. The heavier the camera, the easier it is to hold steady. The longer the lens, the harder it is to hold steady. So a heavy camera and a short lens are easiest to hold steady. With a 1d-series camera and a 50mm lens, I can hold steady at 1/16 sometimes. Yes, shooting off several frames helps, as does not breathing while depressing the shutter.
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This is entirely relative to how steady you are....the older I get, the worse the situation. That's why I am investing in new VR lenses. Worth a couple of stops or resign yourself to using a tripod.
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I've managed to handhold a Nikon D70 with the 18-70mm DX that came with it at 1/3 sec in the dark by leaning against a tree and breathing as if shooting a rifle. Take a breath, exhale slightly, hold, and release the shutter. In general though, I rarely hand-hold under 1/40 sec. My dad used to do 1/15 sec consistently, but I don't think I'm as good at 1/15.
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Depends on how big I print ... it tends to be more obvious when examined critically .... anymore, I try not to shoot at low shutter speeds without support of some kind ... Not as steady as I used to be, I guess ... good thing I don't shoot guns
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Jared, if you can tuck your shoulders against your body, you should be able to hand hold to a lot slower speed than that... but then looking through the view finder might be a challenge.
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Since this question is probably in reply to you asking me about an image I posted, then what I tld you applies.
1/13th sec. Of course, it was a wide angle, and it wasn't drop dead on, but it was pretty darn good. Didn't work always either. Get arms and elbows in close, stop breathing, and a really easy trigger finger. Burst mode works too, but I didn't use it on my shot. |
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![]() When its on a tripod I turn the antishake off, if you leave it on the camera tries to compensate for shake that isn't there. |
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By comparisoin I've also got a Canon A85 and the slowest I can reasonalby shoot handheld without the flash is about 1/50th |
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I find that it's harder to get steady shots with the compact cameras because I can't really hold them still very well.
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I read a article from canon saying that the more of an the smaller the pixcels you have the harder it is to prevent camera shake. I read this after I bought my 1ds2 ![]() |
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