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Another Reason To Press the Shutter Button Halfway First

April 25, 2018 by Steve Berardi 2 Comments

Pressing the ButtonIn a previous article, I talked about a few things to keep in mind when pressing the shutter button. One thing I mentioned was to press the button halfway first, wait half a second or so, and then press it down the rest of the way. Doing this helps prevent the camera from shaking, which results in sharper photos.

After writing that article, I realized there’s another reason to press the button halfway first. With some lenses, the stabilization system isn’t always active. Sometimes it’s only activated by pressing the back-button autofocus and/or the shutter button. And, when the lens stabilization is first activated, sometimes there’s some noticeable jitter before the lens really stabilizes and is ready to take a sharp image. [Read more…] about Another Reason To Press the Shutter Button Halfway First

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When NOT to Use Lens Stabilization

September 6, 2011 by Steve Berardi 29 Comments

lens stabilizationMany camera lenses come with some kind of lens stabilization technology. It’s usually called something different by every camera manufacturer (e.g. Nikon calls it “vibration reduction” and Canon calls it “image stabilization”), but they all have the same goal: helping to stabilize your lens.

It works great for those times when you’re forced to hand-hold your camera, but you should always make sure to turn it off when your camera is on a tripod. [Read more…] about When NOT to Use Lens Stabilization

Filed Under: Macro, Tips, Wildflowers, Wildlife Tagged With: blur, image, lens, lenses, reduction, sharp, stabilization, tripod, vibration

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