Eliminating Camera Shake
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 @ 8:55 PM (not yet rated)
Want sharp images with no image shake? Keep your shutter speed at or above the focal length of the lens.
For example, if you have a 70-200mm lens zoomed all the way out, set your shutter speed at 200 or higher. If you are shooting it at 70mm, a shutter speed of 100 should be fine.
An IS lens (with image stabilization) will allow you to shoot at somewhat slower shutter speeds without a tripod but you will still need a steady hand so test yourself. Take your longest lens, zoom it all the way out and take a series of photographs at different shutter speeds. Upload the images and look closely at the sharpness. You will soon learn how slow you can go without a tripod.
