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I have steady hands or at least I think so (used to be in gymnastics in my teenage years), but sometimes steady hands is not enough. In low light conditions the exposure can go as far as 1/2 or more, as in this shot:
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Just for clarification, Daniella, you DO mean 1/10th second at FULL zoom completely handheld with no bracing, right? If so, I envy your ability to do that. I cannot. The blood pulsing through my hands would be enough to cause a little motion blurring with those conditions.
Last night I took a few pics of fireworks and other stuff, handheld at exposures up to 1/2 sec, with no blur. Can't imagine I'm really that steady, seems like magic somehow...
Try taking a picture with a shutter time below 1/30sec with max zoom and you will find a tripod very usefull. But for normal use in daily conditions neither IS or tripod is nescesary. But do get a tripod, you will need it sooner or later for a nice low ligt shot or maybe some portraits.
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Daniella's caustic response to Jerry Rosen was really uncalled for but this sort of thing seems to be overlooked where she's concerned. I'm glad she can take handheld shots with her C700 at full zoom at such slow shutter speeds. That's a very good ability to have. I could also probably take handheld, fully zoomed shots at 1/30th with a bit of concentration but I prefer to use a camera with a tool that insures the majority of my handheld shots at slow shutter speeds WILL be sharp without having to worry about it. I demand sharp photos and anything which helps me towards that end is a welcome addition. I think it's sad that people who can't handhold a camera at 380mm and get sharp shots at very slow shutter speeds are relegated to the aged, overweight, nervous, or have some other disorder which explains their inability to accomplish the same feat as a few others. If they fail to fall into the other categories, they simply MUST have defective cameras. This is a very narrow view and people shouldn't be demeaned just because they are different. At least you recognize that this feat isn't "normal" and that it DOES take practice and/or experience.
English doesn't seem to be Daniella's first language. Perhaps her style results from a lack of translation skills.
Have you given any thought to getting into "shooting competition?". I could hit a bullseye 0ne out of 3 times at 100 yards with a 30/06 lying on the ground or using a bench rest. I used to do 3 outa 5 but old age is getting to me.
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psstttt..... turn the engine off ;-)
I'm sure that others can do what you do but they're in the minority... not the majority as you propose. Why do you think so many people marvel at your ability and others, like Jerry, find it difficult to believe?
Good for her. I assume you mean at FULL ZOOM and get EVERY shot sharp, right? If so, that's wondrous.
No, actually YOU said it... to MY WIFE. She was quite insulted by it too. That's the lengths you'll go to in order to explain someone not loving the C700.
You're quite mistaken. I'm not upset because you can do something I cannot. What bothers me is how someone can demean another person here in this forum for having a differing opinion like you do so often. At any rate, I'm not the one who keeps dredging this topic up or jumping on it at every opportunity. This subject had been dormant for over two weeks before you revived it. You're obviously very upset at Jerry. It would appear that you're upset that people can't do what you do or even believe that YOU can actually do it. You seem to want to make it appear that it's nothing to be able to handhold a camera for 1/10th of a second at a full 380mm zoom and easily get sharp images. I feel that's misleading people. Many, many people don't follow your regimen. They tend to drink coffee or soda, smoke, eat the wrong foods, and probably don't workout on a regular basis as you do.
