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Does a zoom lense always need tripod ?

Started Dec 24, 2015 | Questions thread
Stu Brennan Regular Member • Posts: 330
Re: Does a zoom lense always need tripod ?
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IIRC there was an old rule of thumb from back in the 35mm film days.  The shutter speed should be, according to the rule, faster than "1 over the focal length".  If you are at 500mm, for instance, the shutter should be at 1/500 or faster.  If you can't manage that, then you need a support or a tripod.  I assume that today's image stabilization would allow you to cheat that a little, but probably not much

Stu

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