Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Welcome John.New here, but I thought I'd toss in my 2 cents. I've shot my D800 @ 1/8 sec. with no shake, hand held. But I believe it is because the Zeiss 50 Macro balances perfectly. Anything else I need a higher speed or tripod. I've rarely shot any M on tripod, but a recent trip and trying to shoot a pano hand held with M8.2 resulted in an unusable mess. Not sure I want the new M, but I'm still open to the idea.
I know I said this before and even a small monopod is a very useful tool that many folks seem to leave behind when heading out but it is at least a 2 stop advantage. Heck I would take a monopod anyday over a VR system.