From: Jim Betz (jimbetz@jimbetz.com)
Date: Thu May 01 2003 - 12:40:35 EDT
There is a simple 'test' you can use to determine if it is you
or the shutter speed.
If the entire picture is blurry and all of it is about the same
amount blurry then it is you and not the camera. In which case
you should start using a tripod or develop a very different way
to hold your camera. The tripod is best. If you MUST handhold
then try supporting the camera in your left hand with the hand under
the lens (sort of like you would hold your hand if you were holding
3 or 4 eggs to walk across the kitchen, palm up, thumb and fingers
wrapped around the lens) - now put the camera in picture viewing
position and stand slightly sideways to the direction you are
pointing the camera (about 45 degrees) - and tuck your left elbow
in against your chest as close to the center of your chest as you
can tuck it (the elbow should not be directly below the camera).
This contortion act will give you a stable platform.
If only part of the picture is blurry then you have one of two
problems:
1) The background is CRISP but the subject is blurry - this is
purely shutter speed and can only be fixed by changing the
settings of the camera to speed up the shutter speed.
2) The subject is 'kinda crisp' and the background is noticeably
more blurry - this is a panning problem. You were moving the
camera with the subject but not doing a good job. This can only
be fixed with practice - you will get better all the time and
then it will just become 2nd nature.
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