Is this lens fucked or it's just me?

are you sure that you used a fast enough shutter time?

>>3070838
>1/125 sec
Do you even lift, son?

>>3070838

>1/125th
>195mm equivalent

Rule of thumb is to never shoot a shutter speed slower than the focal length without a tripod especially with longer FL's. You can get away with slow speeds on hyper-wides and sometimes ultrawides.

>>3070840
>>3070843
I'm certainly not a master of manual mode, but again - never saw shit of this kind before when shooting with a kit lens, no matter what preset, auto or manual. It happens too often and too randomly with this glass.

>>3070845
So the problem is that I suck too much for anything that's not a basic 18-55?

Made me think.

Thanks for the answers, gents. Will try again.

>>3070848

admission is the first step

Pro-tip, D3300 is a 1.5x crop sensor, don't shoot shutter speeds slower than 1.5 times the actual focal length, your 55-200 becomes like an 75-300 or something like that.

Learn some basic exposure parameters while you're at it. Looks like you were in greenbox mode.

>inb4 kys

>>3070838
Seems like you have parkinson's, try faster shutter speeds.

>>3070850
You giving advices is fucking rich but ,hey! Actually you aren't the usual piece of shit.
kys anyway

>>3070848
Basically, yes. Longer lens means more risk of lens shake. You're weak.

>>3070838
honestly I always found that lens to be a soft piece of garbage. yes your technique could improve, but you will be disappointed even shooting from a tripod most of the time.

Your technique is shit. You're probably stabbing at the shutter button when taking a picture. Give it a light press, and don't twist the camera when you press it. Support the lens at the mount area with your left hand. Bring your elbows in and tuck them into your body. Be relaxed, breathe easy. Take a breath, let half of it out, shoot.

VR isn't completely magic, but you should be able to make shots at 1/125 even at 300 equivalent. I've tested my 70-300 VR at 300 (450 equiv) down to 1/8 with VR. With care, you should easily be able to get down to 2/FL shutter speed, especially at shorter focal lengths. When you're out and about, 1/1.5-2FL shutter speed will always be safe.

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687KB, 1000x667px

I shot this with the same lens at 200mm and it's plenty sharp.
Learn how to hold and shoot your camera my dude.

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Rule of thumb your focal length as your minimum shutter speed. If you shoot at 200mm, don't go slower than 1/200th.

There's a few ways around this. Since most of the shake comes from pressing the camera trigger you can take two shots in continuous, the first one is more likely to be blurry but the second is more likely to be sharp. You can also get a monopod or anything firm to rest your camera on, like your knee. Tuck your arms in when you take your pictures. Control your breathing, when you take pictures, everything helps.

The further the zoom, the more noticeable to camera shake.

>Use a high focal length
>Shoot a shutter speed no slower than the reciprocal of your focal length
>Use a monopod/tripod to stabilize your camera.

Choose two if you want a sharp picture.