On Tuesday August 10 2004 12:42 pm, Schlake (William Colburn) wrote: > All this talk of sharpness has tempted to me to ask a question which is > barely EOS related. > > I have the EOS 300D, which has no mirror lock up (without resorting to > hacked russian source code). My longest lens is the 100-400L. If I > take a picture through the lens on my tripod at a slow shutter speed > (with IS off) it always comes out blurry. I tried using a bulb so I > wouldn't touch the camera, but it barely helps. I'm guessing my mirror > slap is making the whole thing move. Either that, or the wind is doing > it.
Try a stronger tripod. I've taken 1/2 min. or longer exposures with NO blur with my Digital Rebel. Fred -- "Running Windows on a Pentium is like getting a Porsche but only being able to drive it in reverse with the handbrake on." * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
