Go ask Alice!
those floor boards are 8" wide aren't they?
Go ask Alice!
those floor boards are 8" wide aren't they?
I just got a new toy - a Canon SL2 with the 18-55 kit lens and a Tamron 18-400 tele. I don't want to use a bulky tripod but at my age, camera shake is a real problem with the Tamron, which is my walking around lens, so after much experimenting and wasted shots (spray and pray), I'm trying shutter priority at 1/400, ISO 400 and letting the camera pick the aperture. I'm shooting birds for the most part. So far so good in general, but Basil - as the more experienced photographer, do you have any tips as to what I should be doing? Any better settings?
Thanks, Bas. I assume you have steadier hands than I do. I get many blurry shots with telephoto lenses because of camera shake even though I try to use the rifleman's shooting position. I also have a monopod but that proved to be no better than hand-holding. You can spend hundreds of dollars on a decent sturdy tripod as you are no doubt aware. My daughter gets better bird photos with her $250 Canon point & shoot with 50X tele than I do. Old Age sucks but it beats the alternative.
She has the cheaper version - the SX530, and gets screen-filling shots 95% of the time. Only at full zoom does the shot fall apart. The much-derided small sensor 1/2.3 does the trick in good light.
By the way - we do have a Photography Group anyone can join.