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MemberPosts: 2,033Gear list Bye-bye camera shake Mar 15, 2013
Handheld camera shake is unavoidable. No matter how calm you
are, how slowly you breathe, or how you grip the camera -- you
can't win. Even with shake reduction. Because our bodies
naturally produce tremors -vibrations -- all the time. When you
use telephoto lenses, camera shake becomes a real problem. This
leads many of us to use tripods or monopods. But what if you
just don't want to use one? Here's a three-part solution.  1.
High shutter speed. Many of our cameras allow VERY high shutter
speeds. 1/1000, 1/2000, even 1/4000 of a second. At 1/2000, that
bird or plane you're tracking just can't move very far in that
small amount of time. So, you've eliminated subject blur. And,
that same 1/2000 ... and definitely 1/4000... will eliminate
handheld camera shake.  2. High ISO setting. On many camer