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<blockquote data-quote="grandpaw" data-source="post: 204922" data-attributes="member: 8635">Mike, the longer the focal length you are shooting the faster shutter speed you will need to eliminate movement and that is even more important on a 1.5 crop sensor. If you can take a picture that satisfies you when on a tripod or resting on something then the problem is not the camera or the lens but the settings and your technique. Lets go to the long end of your lens and say that you are shooting at 400mm with a crop factor of 1.5 you are effectively shooting at 600mm. As a rule of thumb I would shoot at a minimum of 1 1/2 times the focal length that you are shooting at, so if you are at 400mm times the 1.5 crop factor = 600mm and then you multiply that effective focal length times 1 1/2 so you can hand hold your shot you should be shooting at the minimum shutter speed of around 1/1000 second. If you have trouble with your hands not being steady it needs to be even higher. This may require you to bump up the ISO enough to achieve these settings. If you cannot get a fast enough shutter speed for the focal length you are shooting it won't matter what camera or lens you are using. Check and see what the shutter speeds you have been shooting at and let me know if you don't mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="grandpaw, post: 204922, member: 8635"] Mike, the longer the focal length you are shooting the faster shutter speed you will need to eliminate movement and that is even more important on a 1.5 crop sensor. If you can take a picture that satisfies you when on a tripod or resting on something then the problem is not the camera or the lens but the settings and your technique. Lets go to the long end of your lens and say that you are shooting at 400mm with a crop factor of 1.5 you are effectively shooting at 600mm. As a rule of thumb I would shoot at a minimum of 1 1/2 times the focal length that you are shooting at, so if you are at 400mm times the 1.5 crop factor = 600mm and then you multiply that effective focal length times 1 1/2 so you can hand hold your shot you should be shooting at the minimum shutter speed of around 1/1000 second. If you have trouble with your hands not being steady it needs to be even higher. This may require you to bump up the ISO enough to achieve these settings. If you cannot get a fast enough shutter speed for the focal length you are shooting it won't matter what camera or lens you are using. Check and see what the shutter speeds you have been shooting at and let me know if you don't mind. [/QUOTE]

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