Originally posted by cillin
It depend on the subjects that you are taking. Without tripod, you can make use of the surrounding support such as bench (if any) etc.
Beside setting between 3 - 4 sec, you may try to set low aperture value F2.8 to F4 depending on the zoom. If too bright, try to have shorter shutter speed such as 1 sec etc. You may also try with high aperture value such as F8 to F14 but you will required a longer exposure from 5 sec to 10 sec.