F100 users - tips needed for minimising camera shake!

Beeni · Oct 11, 2002

Hey y'all (that's me being American)

As i've mentioned quite a few times previously i am a relatively new owner of an F100 and a first time owner of a digicam. The biggest problem i'm having with my pics so far is motion blur caused by shaky hands. Could someone give me some tips on how to minimise hand shake when using low shutter speeds, w/out the obvious use of a tripod!

Where there is very little blur i've tried to reverse it using Photoshop (i.e., reversing the blur direction using the Motion Blur tool). Is there a better way of doing it as altho this sometimes has worked, the pic often ends up looking soft and out of focus?

Actually, for those who do recommend i invest in a tripod, could you also recommend a cheap and cheerful one? The more portable the better...

P.S. i'm based in the UK!

Thanks y'all.

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Beeni

relate22 · Oct 11, 2002

You might try a breathing technique I was taught in the army when shooting a rifle. Take a normal breath let out 2/3rds of it and squeeze the button. I had a similar problem with a very tiny Benq camera I had and found this helped a lot.

Also if you are using the view finder (this is a bit hard to explain) you may want to rest your two hands against your face to stabilize the camera.

DannyV · Oct 11, 2002

Beeni,

There is very little you can do, aside from a tripod or monopod, or some other camera support, its just the laws of physics.
A couple of things that might help:

Increase your ISO speed, this will give you a faster shutter speed, or if the picture can tolerate it choose a larger aperture.

You could also try using the self timer, this might eliminate some of the shake caused by pressing the shutter button.
DannyV

Beeni said:
Hey y'all (that's me being American)

As i've mentioned quite a few times previously i am a relatively
new owner of an F100 and a first time owner of a digicam. The
biggest problem i'm having with my pics so far is motion blur
caused by shaky hands. Could someone give me some tips on how to
minimise hand shake when using low shutter speeds, w/out the
obvious use of a tripod!

Where there is very little blur i've tried to reverse it using
Photoshop (i.e., reversing the blur direction using the Motion Blur
tool). Is there a better way of doing it as altho this sometimes
has worked, the pic often ends up looking soft and out of focus?

Actually, for those who do recommend i invest in a tripod, could
you also recommend a cheap and cheerful one? The more portable the
better...

P.S. i'm based in the UK!

Thanks y'all.

--
Beeni

Beeni · Oct 11, 2002

DannyV said:
Beeni,
There is very little you can do, aside from a tripod or monopod, or
some other camera support, its just the laws of physics.
A couple of things that might help:
Increase your ISO speed, this will give you a faster shutter speed,
or if the picture can tolerate it choose a larger aperture.
You could also try using the self timer, this might eliminate some
of the shake caused by pressing the shutter button.
DannyV

Thanx for the tips guys.

Danny... what's a monopod?

relate22 · Oct 11, 2002

A monopod is a tripod with one leg. A lot of the professional photographers use them to support their heavy cameras with very large lens's.

widman · Oct 11, 2002

I've tried monopod with small camera. The result is worse. Can anybody help me how to use monopod (with picture)? I've read many methods and for me it's not working.

relate2 said:
A monopod is a tripod with one leg. A lot of the professional
photographers use them to support their heavy cameras with very
large lens's.

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