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<blockquote data-quote="grandpaw" data-source="post: 66673" data-attributes="member: 8635"><p>I do not claim to have all the answers and I am certainly open to other people's opinions, but consider this.....&nbsp; If mirror slap causes that much movement, then why didn't it mess up&nbsp; the two shots that I took. I have many shots that I have taken at 1/5 and 1/2 sec handheld that are nice and sharp. It has been said that the second shot&nbsp; is sharper due to the fact that the mirror has already moved for the first shot and is&nbsp; still for the second shot. This could be true but consider the fact that&nbsp; on the first shot you were moving your finger to press the shutter and&nbsp; on the second one your hand wasn't moving to cause the camera to move also. If your shooting technique is good there is virtually no camera movement. I believe that the movement of your hand affects the first shot more than the mirror does. It is kinda like shooting a gun, if you pull the trigger or gently squeeze to trigger when you shoot makes a BIG BIG difference in if you hit the bulls eye or just hit the target and this comes right back to how good your technique is. The longer the focal length the more the movement will affect the results. The original poster was talking about shooting at 300mm and using a mono pod&nbsp; and if I was a betting person I would say that you pressing the shutter incorrectly will cause much more problems than the mirror slap ever will. Jeff</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="grandpaw, post: 66673, member: 8635"] I do not claim to have all the answers and I am certainly open to other people's opinions, but consider this..... If mirror slap causes that much movement, then why didn't it mess up the two shots that I took. I have many shots that I have taken at 1/5 and 1/2 sec handheld that are nice and sharp. It has been said that the second shot is sharper due to the fact that the mirror has already moved for the first shot and is still for the second shot. This could be true but consider the fact that on the first shot you were moving your finger to press the shutter and on the second one your hand wasn't moving to cause the camera to move also. If your shooting technique is good there is virtually no camera movement. I believe that the movement of your hand affects the first shot more than the mirror does. It is kinda like shooting a gun, if you pull the trigger or gently squeeze to trigger when you shoot makes a BIG BIG difference in if you hit the bulls eye or just hit the target and this comes right back to how good your technique is. The longer the focal length the more the movement will affect the results. The original poster was talking about shooting at 300mm and using a mono pod and if I was a betting person I would say that you pressing the shutter incorrectly will cause much more problems than the mirror slap ever will. Jeff [/QUOTE]

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