• 02-03-2012, 06:58 AM
    Grandpaw
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    Handheld one second shutter speed
    A friend of mine and I went down to the marina last night after out weekly photography meeting to take some pictures. I was telling him that I had fairly steady hands. I didn't have my tripod with me so I took a few handheld shots to show him what I could do. This shot was only taken to show him how steady my hands are and not for any other reason. I took this handheld without any support at a shutter speed of one second with my Nikon D7000 with my Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM. See what you think, Jeff
  • 02-03-2012, 07:19 AM
    Don Schaeffer
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
    Wow. You do have a steady hand.
  • 02-03-2012, 07:32 AM
    Old Timer
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
    Remarkable... Don't think I could accomplish that.
  • 02-03-2012, 08:35 AM
    mjs1973
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
    Pretty impressive Jeff!
  • 02-03-2012, 11:04 AM
    wfooshee
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
    If I wrapped the strap around my arms and used them to tie the camera to my shoulder, I might approach this ability. I've done half-second shots with the straps wrapped and leaning against a pole. Now you're gonna make me go out and try!
  • 02-03-2012, 03:07 PM
    Grandpaw
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
    I appreciate all the comments. I have always had a fairly steady hand. I regularly shoot at 1/20 without even concentrating on what I am doing. I have found many shots at 1/5 second that were sharp that I had taken and didn't realize it was that slow until looking at it on my computer and noticing the speed in the info section, Jeff
  • 02-03-2012, 05:03 PM
    wfooshee
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
    Of the vertebrate animals, it's the cold-blooded ones that can stay still the best . . . . .

    Just sayin' :)
  • 02-03-2012, 05:59 PM
    Grandpaw
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by wfooshee View Post
    Of the vertebrate animals, it's the cold-blooded ones that can stay still the best . . . . .

    Just sayin' :)
    That could be it, but I think that the real reason is that at my age I just move pretty slow, Jeff :thumbsup:
  • 02-06-2012, 01:21 AM
    terry1444
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
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    That could be it, but I think that the real reason is that at my age I just move pretty slow, Jeff
    well done of you in fact ! good luck ! hope your good post here!:p

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  • 02-06-2012, 11:52 AM
    mattb
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
    I bet you'd be good at the game Operation! :)
    http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squi...tion-games.jpg
  • 02-06-2012, 06:50 PM
    Photo-John
    Re: Handheld one second shutter speed
    You gotta give some credit to Sigma's OS image stabilization. That said, getting a photo this sharp handheld at 1 second is ridonculous.