| Re: Wildlife Photo Help Needed, Please!
As someone said, the longer focal length lens will magnify the effects of camera shake. However using fast shutter speeds isn't the only answer imo. You need to learn how to support the lens either by correct posture or by a mechanical support either a tree, a bean bag or a tripod. Using any of these will allow you more flexibility when chosing the shutter speed and aperture combination. With the camera shake minimised the shutter speed can be selected to avoid subject movement, giving more choice when selecting the aperture for the depth of field.
I regularly use down to 1/10 second with my 600mm prime lens for bird and wildlife photography giving me more flexibility over the aperture and iso settings. |