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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 622919" data-attributes="member: 13090">Excellent lens choice. I would suggest you turn off VR and keep your shutter speed at roughly twice the focal length as much as possible. For instance if you're shooting at a full 200mm you'll want your shutter speed at, or above, 1/400. Or, if you're shooting in Shutter Priority, just set your minimum shutter speed to 1/500 or even a little faster. This isn't to say I don't like VR but I find it can cause as many problems as it solves much of the time and use it sparingly. Further, while the traditional rule of thumb for DX bodies is using 1 1/2 times the focal length as the minimum shutter speed, with higher resolution bodies I find doubling the focal length is the safer number to eliminate motion/microblur. But, don't take my word for it; experiment and find what works for you. Dialing in the right set of parameters is ALWAYS a juggling act and there's no single right answer, ever. And since no one has to see you crap shots I suggest you experiment and learn all you can from this shoot. Last bit of advice: Dare to be &quot;stupid&quot;: Try things that logically shouldn't work with exposure or panning or whatever comes to mind. Don't be afraid of motion blur, make it WORK for you artistically. Jumping outside the box has gotten me some amazing, &quot;Wow!&quot; shots I never would have gotten any other way. In short, why not get the shots other people aren't getting? There's that old adage, &quot;Fortune favors the bold!&quot; and I know it to be true......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 622919, member: 13090"] Excellent lens choice. I would suggest you turn off VR and keep your shutter speed at roughly twice the focal length as much as possible. For instance if you're shooting at a full 200mm you'll want your shutter speed at, or above, 1/400. Or, if you're shooting in Shutter Priority, just set your minimum shutter speed to 1/500 or even a little faster. This isn't to say I don't like VR but I find it can cause as many problems as it solves much of the time and use it sparingly. Further, while the traditional rule of thumb for DX bodies is using 1 1/2 times the focal length as the minimum shutter speed, with higher resolution bodies I find doubling the focal length is the safer number to eliminate motion/microblur. But, don't take my word for it; experiment and find what works for you. Dialing in the right set of parameters is ALWAYS a juggling act and there's no single right answer, ever. And since no one has to see you crap shots I suggest you experiment and learn all you can from this shoot. Last bit of advice: Dare to be "stupid": Try things that logically shouldn't work with exposure or panning or whatever comes to mind. Don't be afraid of motion blur, make it WORK for you artistically. Jumping outside the box has gotten me some amazing, "Wow!" shots I never would have gotten any other way. In short, why not get the shots other people aren't getting? There's that old adage, [I]"Fortune favors the bold!"[/I] and I know it to be true. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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