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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pshute" data-source="post: 2710052" data-attributes="member: 59235">I finally got around to installing an EXIF viewer, and I see that the exposure time was only 1/30. I would say that this is an excellent shot for a compact camera given that it was hand held and the birds were moving.I wonder if the ISO 1600 quality would be good enough to improve a shot like this by getting it down to 1/60. It would obviously be grainier, but if it's a choice between grainy and blurry then there's probably a sweet spot that's best.The reason I'm harping on about this shot is because of the extreme distance. You can show me all the sharp shots you like, but if they were taken 5m from your bird feeder then just about any camera can take reasonable shots at that distance, and the impressive sharpness isn't representative of what I'll get in the field.(This belated reply is in relation to the pictures with the posting at <a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=2705108&postcount=635" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=2705108&postcount=635</a>)</blockquote>