Tom's not joking ... it takes a bit of practice to hand hold at low shutter speeds, but it's very doable. Numerous techniques to aid in such a practice have been mentioned here in the past few days. Leave your tripod or monopod at home, and practice, practice, practice.
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > >>Being young and healthy you can probably hold 50mm down to about 1/8 > > >>second with a bit of practice, certainly f2 @ 1/15th which I think would have > > >>worked in there. > > > > > > I am not Boris, but I am about his age and I am sure you are joking > > > here, particularly for an upright. 1/30 is my absolute limit (perhaps > > > the "practice" bit is my problem).
