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I am a relatively new X1 owner, and a relatively ignorant photographer. That unfamiliar bit of modesty being said: My understanding of traditional photography lore is that 1/60 is the slowest speed that will prevent camera shake. (I know the there is a more complex formula that applies, 1/lens length or something, but nothing slower than 1/60 is the shorthand version I have always used.) And yet when I put the shutter speed in auto mode, the X1 will let the shutter go as slow as 1/30. I'd set the camera so it wouldn't go slower than 1/60, but the menu doesn't have that option. I ask because I believe that I am suffering from camera shake. If I take multiple shots of a single subject, some will be just a bit fuzzy. Just a bit--on the edge of imperceptible. But still fuzzy to the critical eye. The only explanation that occurs to me is that I'm not holding the camera steady when I take the fuzzy shots. I would switch to 1/60, but the X1 won't let me, in violation of longstanding knowledge. What's the deal? I should add that, notwithstanding this problem, I love the X1. Last summer, I was hanging around the camera store, bugging them about the X100 arrival date. Just as a goof, I asked to see the X1. As soon as I picked it up, I realized that I had asked a very expensive question, and that there was no way I was going to walk out of the store without it. For years, I've been looking for the digital equivalent of the T2. The X1 is the first real contender.
