What is the handholding rule for non-blurry photos when not using a tripod?
Taking photos with the camera mounted firmly on a tripod will always yield sharper pictures than if you were to hold the camera in your hand. No matter how steady you are you ll always move slightly during even a split-second exposure. You can mitigate this somewhat through a variety of means – bracing yourself, pressing the shutter release gently rather than jabbing it, trying to lean against a wall or a fence, holding your breath or gradually exhaling as you take the photo, using an image stabilized lens, and so on. But despite all these things a tripod is a safer bet. However, tripods are obviously a nuisance to use much of the time. And if the shutter speed of the camera is high enough then camera blur shouldn t be too bad. The question is, how high a shutter speed is fast enough? There s a basic rule of thumb in photography which says that you shouldn t use a shutter speed slower than the reciprocal of the focal length value. That sounds complicated, but it s actually really strai
