Originally posted by Tonytee In the Pentax K100D Super camera manual on Page 47 it states, and I quote: The Shake Reduction Function reduces camera shake that easily occurs when the shutter release button is pressed. The Shake Reduction Function may not fully reduce camera shake in close-up shots. In this case it is recommended to turn off Shake Reduction and place the camera on a tripod.
"When" doesn't mean "because" and certainly not "only because". "When" means when. The first sentence you quote is referring to the camera shake that is occuring at the moment you press the shutter button, whether caused by the index finger of the right hand pressing the shutter, the rest of your right hand holding the body, the left hand cradling the lens, or your whole body moving.
And the second and third sentences you quote don't follow on straight after the first.
You left out this bit, which comes straight after the first sentence you quote:
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This is useful for taking pictures in situations where camera shake is likely to occur. The Shake Reduction function gives you approxomately 2 to 3.5 steps slower shutter speed without the risk of camera shake. The Shake Reduction function is useful when taking pictures in the following situations:
- When taking pictures in dimly lit locations, such as indoors, at night, on cloudy days and in the shade
- In taking telephoto pictures"
This would make no sense if the manual were only referring to shake literally caused by pressing the shutter button. The manual is referring to any heldheld use of the camera. (Yes, it might have been better if they put it that way.) The exception for "close up shots" merely advises the user to use a tripod instead.
If you look at the whole passage in context, it's quite clear.
Originally posted by Tonytee Honestly, going over to digital photography has been nothing more than one disappointment after another.
That's certainly not my experience. After 23 years of using a film SLR the K100D Super was a revelation. Just the SR function alone was amazing. Of course SR had its limits, but I found it astonishing how slow I could go with the K100D Super handheld and still get acceptable results.
And as Adam says, the technology is being improved with each generation of cameras. The K-30 was even better, and the K-3 is better again.