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4 years 7 months ago #656800 by Robert Chen
Remember back in the day, the 1/f = focal length in mm was the golden rule you stuck with?   These days with in body 5 stop stabilization and same thing in lenses, I guess we can through that rule out the window.  But still there are limits.  

Just as a general rule,  when do you grab your tripod?  
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4 years 7 months ago #656806 by Nikon Shooter

Robert Chen wrote: Just as a general rule,  when do you grab your tripod?  


Always with long lenses 400 +.
- 300 mm I will not try to shoot anymore under 1/15s.
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 7 months ago #656817 by Troponin
Depends on your style of shooting and your subjects. I can’t use a tripod for most of my shots because I shoot close ups and macro. Even with the 400mm I am handholding. That being said, my shutter speeds are in the 800+ range. I can’t shoot slower than that with close up on moving insects. 

For birds, I do like a tripod though. I notice a far higher success rate in general when I use one, especially as a mirrorless user. (Mirrorless aren’t as fast as DSLRs, in general)

As for shutter speeds, Tony Northrop has an interesting method of shooting with slow shutter speeds in which you double the amount of photos per “burst” every time you lower it. Its good for really low light, but you have to take anywhere from 4-8 shots per trigger press just to get one sharp photo. This means you have to take and cull a LOT of photos. I guess as a wildlife/macro photographer, you get used to that anyway. 
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4 years 7 months ago #656824 by Shadowfixer1
Depends on subject matter and which camera and lens combo being used. Not all stabilization works as well as some. Olympus and Panasonic have the best stabilization in my opinion.
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4 years 7 months ago #656904 by Sanford
Nearly all the time I use a tripod.  It's always with me, so why not.  Frankly I usually have a wide angle lens of some sort on my camera, so the exception to this is quick snap shots when sunny or bright out.  But I can't give an exact shutter speed.  
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4 years 7 months ago #657053 by Matt Nguyen
I’m pretty much the same. Nearly 90% of the time I’m using a tripod. 
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