[QUOTE=rfortson;468658]I beg to differ.
All these were taken handheld with the K100D and the Tamron 18-250. Shutter speeds range from 1/6 sec to 1/40 sec.
Nice shots indeed. For my use, I would never shoot ISO so high that I would get the noise as you do from these shots (the first 2 in particular)...hence the faster shutter speeds. Maybe also because using my K10D, anything over 400 is too grainy for my taste. EXIF is gone on these...what ISO did you shoot here?
I shoot in Cathedrals and museums all over Europe on a regular and find the use of a tripod to be either inconvenient or not allowed...therefore I like having a faster lens for these situations. Outside, or in daylight with my 18-250, never a problem.