Poor technique or lens/camera issue?

[mike_halliwell]

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<p>That is why in such cases, I would shoot a few more image samples so that I have several choices to pick a good one from.</p>

 

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<p>Absolutely!</p>

<p>Flash memory is amazingly cheap compared to how film used to be, and it's reusable!</p>

<p>For repeatable bird-on-nest, I'd take a dozen or so and trust the VR to get 10% right.</p>

<p>However, for anything one-off, I'd still push ISO to get into the un-VR-aided shutter-speed range.</p>