FAQ: How do you control shutter speed to minimize camera shake?

[Sonny]

Here's a modern modification of a rule of thumb for shake-free handheld photos.

Anti-shake technology is a wonderful thing. By using floating elements in a lens or a floating camera sensor and gyroscopic stabiliztion (or faking it digitally), many modern lenses and most modern cameras have made it easier to get better image quality by reducing camera shake.

FAQ: How do you control shutter speed to minimize camera shake? from Adorama Learning Center

[jfoureyes]

Originally Posted by Sonny

FAQ: How do you control shutter speed to minimize camera shake? from Adorama Learning Center

I use a tripod and remote cable release...

[Nikonfan]

That's an excellent article. It explained the "one over the focal lenght" rule very well. This article should be on the list of must reads for beginners. I would put it up there with Understanding Exposure.

[kenw]

Since FoV is a factor in camera shake, and since FoV is affected by crop sensor bodies, here is a case where the effective MM should be used to determine shutter speed to avoid camera shake. IOW, if you have a 100mm shot on a Canon 50D (a 1.6 crop body), the minimum shutter would be 100x1.6 = 160 or >1/160s.

[Nikonfan]

Originally Posted by kenw

Since FoV is a factor in camera shake, and since FoV is affected by crop sensor bodies, here is a case where the effective MM should be used to determine shutter speed to avoid camera shake. IOW, if you have a 100mm shot on a Canon 50D (a 1.6 crop body), the minimum shutter would be 100x1.6 = 160 or >1/160s.

Excellent point. I didn't even think about that!