A guy on a forum told me I was holding my camera wrong

I used to get these soft blurry shots with my DSLR, especially when trying to shoot birds around the pond near my house. I blamed the lens, I blamed the light, I even blamed the camera. Then some random person in a photography group pointed out that my left hand was under the lens, not supporting it from the side. They said I was basically letting the weight of the lens wobble free. I changed my grip that same day and took a test shot of a tree in my backyard. It was the sharpest picture I had taken in months. Now I always cup the lens barrel with my palm facing up. Has anyone else gotten a simple tip like that that totally changed their results?

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ivan23017d ago

Some random person in a photography group pointed out that my left hand was under the lens, not supporting it from the side." Yep that's me for like two years. Couldn't figure out why everything was soft.