How to take sharp photos without (IS) Images Stabilizer or (VR) Vibration Reduction

There are many known technique to take sharp photos but common known methods is by using Tripod or with the help of the (IS)  Images Stabilizer in Canon or (VR) Vibration Reduction in Nikor in the lenses. But in some cases your lens is not equipped with IS or VR and most of the time you are not carrying a tripod and you don’t want to lose that shot.

A simple technique used that worked 95% of the time for me is multiplying the effective focal length of your lens against the crop factor of your camera.

Table for Canon cameras.

Model	FOVCF		Pixels/Megapixels		Viewfinder		DLA*
Canon PowerShot G1 X	1.9x		4352 x 3264	14.3			f/6.9
Canon PowerShot G12	4.7x		3648 x 2048	10.0			f/4.3
Canon PowerShot G9	4.7x		4000 x 3000	12.1			f/4.0
Canon EOS M	1.6x		5184 x 3456	18.0			f/6.8
Canon EOS Rebel T4i / 650D	1.6x		5184 x 3456	18.0	.85x	95%	f/6.8
Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D	1.6x		5184 x 3456	18.0	.85x	95%	f/6.8
Canon EOS Rebel T2i / 550D	1.6x		5184 x 3456	18.0	.87x	95%	f/6.8
Canon EOS Rebel T1i / 500D	1.6x		4752 x 3168	15.1	.87x	95%	f/7.5
Canon EOS Rebel T3 / 1100D	1.6x		4272 x 2848	12.0	.85x	95%	f/8.3
Canon EOS Rebel XSi / 450D	1.6x		4272 x 2848	12.2	.87x	95%	f/8.3
Canon EOS Rebel XS / 1000D	1.6x		3888 x 2592	10.1	.81x	95%	f/9.1
Canon EOS Rebel XTi / 400D	1.6x		3888 x 2592	10.1	.80x	95%	f/9.1
Canon EOS Rebel XT / 350D	1.6x		3456 x 2304	8.0	.80x	95%	f/10.2
Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel	1.6x		3088 x 2056	6.3	.80x	95%	f/11.8
Canon EOS 60D	1.6x		5184 x 3456	18.0	.95x	96%	f/6.9
Canon EOS 50D	1.6x		4752 x 3168	15.1	.95x	95%	f/7.5
Canon EOS 40D	1.6x		3888 x 2592	10.1	.95x	95%	f/9.1
Canon EOS 30D	1.6x		3504 x 2336	8.2	.90x	95%	f/10.2
Canon EOS 20D	1.6x		3504 x 2336	8.2	.90x	95%	f/10.2
Canon EOS 10D	1.6x		3088 x 2056	6.3	.88x	95%	f/11.8
Canon EOS 7D	1.6x		5184 x 3456	18.0	1.0x	100%	f/6.9
Canon EOS 6D	1.0x		5472 x 3648	20.2	.71x	97%	f/10.5
Canon EOS 5D Mark III	1.0x		5760 x 3840	22.3	.71x	100%	f/10.1
Canon EOS 5D Mark II	1.0x		5616 x 3744	21.1	.71x	98%	f/10.2
Canon EOS 5D	1.0x		4368 x 2912	12.8	.71x	96%	f/13.2
Canon EOS 1D X	1.0x		5184 x 3456	18.1	.76x	100%	f/11.0
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV	1.3x		4896 x 3264	16.1	.76x	100%	f/9.1
Canon EOS 1D Mark III	1.3x		3888 x 2592	10.1	.76x	100%	f/11.5
Canon EOS 1D Mark II N	1.3x		3520 x 2336	8.2	.72x	100%	f/13.2
Canon EOS 1D Mark II	1.3x		3520 x 2336	8.2	.72x	100%	f/13.2
Canon EOS 1DS Mark III	1.0x		5632 x 3750	21.1	.76x	100%	f/10.2
Canon EOS 1DS Mark II	1.0x		4992 x 3328	16.6	.70x	100%	f/11.5

Example:

Im using a Canon lens 17-40mm L (no Image Stabilizer) and with a Canon EOS 60d DSLR with a camera crop factor of 1.6 (see table above) so by getting the effective focal length of my lens e.g. 40mm (maximum focal length) X 1.6 (my camera crop factor) = 64, so my minimum shutter speed will be 1/64s.

The formula is Focal length of your lens X crop factor of your camera = The minimum shutter speed you will use.  Try it!!!!