Hand Held vs Stabilized Rule of thumb

[goodrich62]

I know it is just a rule of thumb but if you say that at 300mm the speed should be at least 1/300 of a sec. do you take the crop factor into effect so at 300 with the crop is 450mm equvilant the speed should be greater the 1/450.
The reason I ask is. Maybe my hands overly shaky but at 300 I have to get to 1/500 to be prety sure the pictures will not be blurry

Thanks
Rich

[stubbsy]

Rich

See this thread for discussion on this.

Also woth a read is Matt K's shutter speed assignment tutorial linked from the Tutorials section on the left hand side of the front page.

[goodrich62]

Stubbsy,
Thanks for the link. I should have done a search first
I also never saw the tutorial links on the home page I've only been coming here for months

Rich