Into the Ring II Every picture you make should be razor sharp! The best and easiest way to achieve that is trial. Remember not to handhold under 1/60 of a sec. with a normal lens and app. not to handheld under the focal length if you use longer lenses, i.e. 1/400 sec. if you use 400mm focal lens. Now sit down and get a hold of something: The best secret to get sharp images is to use a TRIPOD; you can't beat the sharpness achieved by using a TRIPOD wherever it is allowed and possible to bring!