Re: Shutter speed = focal length = no shake

2001-01-24 Thread canislupus
At 11:22 23.1.2001 -0600, you wrote: >At 04:51 PM 1/23/01 -, you wrote: >>Somebody once told me (I read?) that a useful rule of thumb to avoid >camera-shake was to use a shutter speed greater than the focal length. My >Digital Ixus has a focal length range of 5.4mm-10.8mm and I can get shake.

Shutter speed = focal length = no shake

2001-01-23 Thread Rory Flynn
Somebody once told me (I read?) that a useful rule of thumb to avoid camera-shake was to use a shutter speed greater than the focal length. My Digital Ixus has a focal length range of 5.4mm-10.8mm and I can get shake. Was the original advice true because of some fortunate relationship betwee