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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 516666" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Yup... I'd say the first thing you need to do is increase the shutter speed. The old rule of thumb is the <a href="https://photographylife.com/what-is-reciprocal-rule-in-photography" target="_blank">Reciprocal Rule</a> which simply means we use the focal length to get the MINIMUM shutter speed, but for DX cameras we need to use 1.5x the focal length. I prefer to double it, personally, when using a DX body but that's me. The over-arching idea here is keeping your shutter speed high enough, based on the focal length of the lens you're using, to eliminate camera motion.</p><p></p><p>For instance, if you're shooting at 35mm on a DX body, your <em>minimum</em> shutter speed should be about 1/60 (35 * 1.5). I would prefer to be shooting at 1/125 in that instance, but again, that's just me. If shooting at 135mm, the Reciprocal Rule tells us the minimum shutter speed should be 1/200, or higher; maybe 1/250 just to be on the safe side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 516666, member: 13090"] Yup... I'd say the first thing you need to do is increase the shutter speed. The old rule of thumb is the [url=https://photographylife.com/what-is-reciprocal-rule-in-photography]Reciprocal Rule[/url] which simply means we use the focal length to get the MINIMUM shutter speed, but for DX cameras we need to use 1.5x the focal length. I prefer to double it, personally, when using a DX body but that's me. The over-arching idea here is keeping your shutter speed high enough, based on the focal length of the lens you're using, to eliminate camera motion. For instance, if you're shooting at 35mm on a DX body, your [I]minimum[/I] shutter speed should be about 1/60 (35 * 1.5). I would prefer to be shooting at 1/125 in that instance, but again, that's just me. If shooting at 135mm, the Reciprocal Rule tells us the minimum shutter speed should be 1/200, or higher; maybe 1/250 just to be on the safe side. [/QUOTE]
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