Richard van Schaik wrote on 17 aug 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: > I mostly do it out of hand as most (Dutch) archives won't allow tripods > and do not like monopods either. Fixed setting at ISO 400, no flash on a > very simple 5MP camera gives me mostly very well readable and sharp > pictures. Only wintertime later in the afternoon light might get so low > that it becomes more difficult. A vibration reduction [VR] lens or camera correcting for manual instability as it corrects for up to 4 stops of shutter speed. <http://www.nikon.com/about/technology/rd/core/software/vr_e/> Other manifacturers than Nikon could use a different name for the same technique. -- Evertjan. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

On 17-08-2013 18:49, Evertjan. wrote: > Richard van Schaik wrote on 17 aug 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: > >> I mostly do it out of hand as most (Dutch) archives won't allow tripods >> and do not like monopods either. Fixed setting at ISO 400, no flash on a >> very simple 5MP camera gives me mostly very well readable and sharp >> pictures. Only wintertime later in the afternoon light might get so low >> that it becomes more difficult. > > A vibration reduction [VR] lens or camera correcting for manual instability > as it corrects for up to 4 stops of shutter speed. > > <http://www.nikon.com/about/technology/rd/core/software/vr_e/> > > Other manifacturers than Nikon could use a different name for the same > technique. Know it and used it a lot on indoor photographing in e.g. churches. Works very well in those cases though you lose some sensitivity of the camera. But that is not possible on my simple camera for archives but on my large mirror-camera giving more noise not liked in archives. The simple one is set with every sound possible switched off. It seems almost they make only cameras which on every picture make a full church organ in sounds and in archives I want to be as silent as possibly can be achieved. Luckily most of this noise can be switched of. Richard -- Richard van Schaik f.m.a.vanschaikREMOVE@THISgmail.com http://www.fmavanschaik.nl/ The world is one big madhouse and this is main office.