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From: sasaki@harvard.UUCP (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Tripods (actually, hand held shutter speeds)
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Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 21:37:10 EST
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I should have mentioned the camera and lens. The camera was a 35mm SLR
and the lens was a 50mm.

I used to use the the 1/focal-length rule, but found that for the best
results this was too slow for me. Of course I occasionally get lucky
and get really good results under trying conditions, and for most of
the pictures that I take the rule is good enough, but when I want
really sharp pictures, then I put my camera on a tripod.

I encourage all net.rec.photo readers to perform an experiment. Take
your camera out on a sunny day with Kodachrome or some other high
resolution film. Take some photos hand held, then take the same photos
using a tripod. Take the pictures using different shutter speeds. Then
look at the photos carefully. I'm sure you will be surprised with the
results.
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