>I get so frustrated when I get a roll back and there are
>some that are out of focus or any other of the millions of
>problems that occur. I want that perfect roll where they all
>turn out great - how often does that actually occur? Do
>professionals get it right every time? If not, what percentage
>of the time is reasonable to expect prints that are wrong (i.e.
>3 pictures out of a roll of 24)?
>
>I'm not talking about things like, the subject moved at the last
>minute or Eyes closed. I'm referring to out of focus or blurry or
>any one of those "operator errors"!
Depends totally on subject. When photographing birds I can usually get one
or two decent shots per roll of 36. People photography is around 75%
success rate. All else is about 90uccess rate.
It so much is experience driven. You will learn through experience that it
is a waste to even try handholding a 200mm lens at 1/30 of a second. You
will learn how to ignore the split prisms and "see the big picture" which
results in better compositions. You will learn through experience to check
your edges before clicking the shutter for intruding objects. You will
learn what pictures get thrown away and you will do your editing before
clicking the shutter.
Almost everybody makes the mistake of trying to handhold the camera at too
slow of a shutter speed. A general rule is to make sure you don't go slower
than your focal length. For instance, a 35mm lens can be handheld at
1/30-1/1000, a 50mm lens at 1/60-1/1000, 100mm at 1/125-1/1000, 200mm at
1/250-1/1000 and so forth.
Ken
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