You put your left foot in...

...and you shake it all about. This guy built a web on my front porch

today. I'm not sure what species he is, but his body is about 7-8mm

long. This is a 55mm lens + 36mm of extension tubes at less than 2"

between the spider and the lens. I found out that 1/200s is not fast

enough to avoid camera shake when magnified about 1.5x. I set the

camera at 1/400s, but I think the flash sync capped it at 1/200s for

me--how nice of it. Is there some rule of thumb for max hand held

shutter speed at high magnification? How fast do I need to go? The

old adage of 1/focal length certainly doesn't apply. Any other

suggestions on this shot?