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<blockquote data-quote="grandpaw" data-source="post: 421082" data-attributes="member: 8635">All of the posts are giving you good advice and setting your shutter speed to at least be equal to or greater than your shutter speed is a good rule of thumb to use as a starting point. What your subject is, distance, lighting, and if you need to stop movement can make this change with each shot you take. Another very important thing to consider is your own shooting abilities and how well your technique is play a VERY BIG PART also. I have shot with my Tamron lens at 600mm with the VC on, handheld at 1/15 sec, and with my wide angles at one full second and gotten tack sharp pictures. Everyone has different abilities and you will have to experiment to determine what YOUR'S are. This is why I worded my first post like I did. Remember everyone has different abilities when it comes to holding a camera steady you need to experiment to find out what yours are. From my first post...&quot;I would set it to the lowest setting that you can easily get a sharp&nbsp; picture with. Remember that moving subjects and longer focal lengths&nbsp; will require a faster min. shutter speed. What you set it on depends on&nbsp; what you are shooting.&quot;

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[QUOTE="grandpaw, post: 421082, member: 8635"] All of the posts are giving you good advice and setting your shutter speed to at least be equal to or greater than your shutter speed is a good rule of thumb to use as a starting point. What your subject is, distance, lighting, and if you need to stop movement can make this change with each shot you take. Another very important thing to consider is your own shooting abilities and how well your technique is play a VERY BIG PART also. I have shot with my Tamron lens at 600mm with the VC on, handheld at 1/15 sec, and with my wide angles at one full second and gotten tack sharp pictures. Everyone has different abilities and you will have to experiment to determine what YOUR'S are. This is why I worded my first post like I did. Remember everyone has different abilities when it comes to holding a camera steady you need to experiment to find out what yours are. From my first post... [COLOR=#b22222]"I would set it to the lowest setting that you can easily get a sharp picture with. Remember that moving subjects and longer focal lengths will require a faster min. shutter speed. What you set it on depends on what you are shooting."[/COLOR][LEFT][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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