What a great help to all beginners.
What a great help to all beginners.
Many thanks! Might print myself off a copy to keep with my gear.
Thanks for sharing that chart and very useful accompanying images - in the meantime I have bookmarked that page for the future.
Ah, so you came up with that? Good on ya! I've always keep that rule of thumb in mind.
If anyone is struggling to understand what the above means... if you're shooting at 30mm, your shutter speed should be at least 1/30s. 200mm, 1/200s. This applies to handheld shooting, and it may differ depending on how steady you are.
Regarding VR / IS / OS / etc: They usually claim somewhere around 3-4 stops. If you should be shooting at 1/100s, 3 stops theoretically means you can shoot at 1/12s (divide 100 by 2 three times).
In practice, don't shoot at the 'lowest possible speed' unless you have to, in which case take more photos to increase your chances of getting a keeper.
Last edited by achee; 18-08-2011 at 4:30pm.
Extremely helpful. I have printed it & packed in with my gear ready for an outing tomorrow night. Thanks again.
Thanks for the chart. Being a complete novice, this will help me alot
Hi OzzieTraveller
Thanks for the chart. I will print it out and have it with my camera all the time for reference. Hopefully i will add more info about aperture to make it more comprehensive when i am more familar with DSLR.
What a great resource! Thank you so much
I am a beginner and this chart is of great help.
Thank you.
That's a great guide. Sometimes I think I go way too fast or slow for what I'm trying to achieve by the looks of things.
Canon 450D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, 10-22mm
Thanks for the chart! Great for newbies!
If u don't like what you see, just change your perspective!!
Canon 5DMkII | EF 24-70m 2.8L | EF 17-40m 4.0L | EF 70-200m 2.8L USM II | EF 50m 1.2L USM II | 580EXII
Great chart, thanks!
This is great Phil. I deliberately stay in AV because shutter speeds confuse me. This should help draw me out of my comfort zone.
Katt
awesome chart thanks heaps for putting that together,its people like yourself that make this such a great place
Mel
Olympus E300,E30,35mm macro,14-45mm,14-54mm,40-150mm,70-30mm.
Thanks everybody for your +ve comments
A number of APers have PM'd me to request a PDF copy of the chart & most have received it okay
A problem I have is that I cannot [to my knowledge] attach a PDF to a PM message - so I need to ask for your email address to attach it to an email msg .... and some Apers who receive this request never get back to me ...
Q- mods?? is it possible to attach a PDF to a PM??
Regards, Phil
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Cheers nicely done
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