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Old 07-24-2009, 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by A.CSIKY View Post
Congratulations on the "once in a blue moon" image. The old mechanical shutter guideline for shutter speeds with long lenses was 1 over focal length, e.g. for a 500 mm lens 1/500 would be the slowest recommended shutter speed. Of course shutter speeds don't corelate exactly with lens focal lengths, but you get the idea -- 1/250 would probably be fine with a 300 mm lens.
Thanks for the formula; I forgot how people came to it but I didn't remember it was that simple, haha.
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