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Any advice on taking clearer night / low light pics without a tripod is much appreciated.

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Quote from TomWithTheWeather

Nice! I really like the little person walking.

Thanks, btw you should do a couple of comparason shots of the same pic with and without the polarizing filter. I'd love to see the difference.

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Quote from TomWithTheWeather

If you don't want the bulk of a tripod, a monopod will be a little smaller and lighter. It doesn't have the stability of three legs, but between its one leg and whatever you're leaning on, your pics will be much clearer. The monopod I have costs like $35.

Combine that with a fast lens, like one that can do f/1.8 to f/1.2, and your low light pics will be much clearer.

Thanks for the info. I'm considering switching to a Nikon soon because I am getting frustrated with the warm-up time of the rebel and I would love to be shooting 8.1mp so I'll probably hold off buying any new lenses for now. I'll have to find me a monopod tho.

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I feel honored to recieve such a blatantly stolen from National Geographic award.

/me bows and also thanks his manager

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