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JustAnEngineer wrote:Yikes! My 100-400L lens weighs 3.1 lbs, and it was literally a pain in the neck to carry around all day until I got the Black Rapid shoulder strap.
Beomagi wrote:That's beautiful. How does it handle wide open?
I'm more of a manual guy
Airmantharp wrote:Gorgeous- if I shot Nikon, I'd be tempted to offer up a six pack for the chance to head down the street to give it a 'shot' .
SecretSquirrel wrote:Airmantharp wrote:Gorgeous- if I shot Nikon, I'd be tempted to offer up a six pack for the chance to head down the street to give it a 'shot' .
Come on up: Warbirds Over Texas
The weather is supposed to be pretty nice all weekend. Saturday is the big day and is damned impressive if you like airplanes at all. Bring the camera.
--SS
JustAnEngineer wrote:Have you tried the updated AF-S 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR? It weighs only 3½ pounds.
SecretSquirrel wrote:After a day of shooting, here are my first thoughts.
It takes stellars photos. It is too big for day long hand held shooting. If you are shooting in a situation where you can use a tripod or monopod, its fine. Trying to shoot in rapidly changing three dimensions is hard.
Next year, I'll probably go back to the Nikon 70-200 with a 1.4 TC.
--SS
JustAnEngineer wrote:Have you tried the updated AF-S 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR? It weighs only 3½ pounds.
TheEmrys wrote:Yeah. I don't know. I may want an f/5.6 aperture lens. The Nikon 80-400 is sharp wide open, and it could be stopped down to give a bit deeper depth of field. Maybe even an f/8. Might give you more in-focus shots. And Sigma's AF system can be a bit inaccurate (at least with the lenses I have tried).
Airmantharp wrote:TheEmrys wrote:Yeah. I don't know. I may want an f/5.6 aperture lens. The Nikon 80-400 is sharp wide open, and it could be stopped down to give a bit deeper depth of field. Maybe even an f/8. Might give you more in-focus shots. And Sigma's AF system can be a bit inaccurate (at least with the lenses I have tried).
Well, f/8 and be there was the order of the day- despite the overcast skies. Even had to stop down more to get a shutter speed slow enough for proper propeller shots.
As for the Sigma's AF accuracy on his D7100, I'll have to let SS comment; however, with the advent of the 'sport' variety of the 120-300/2.8 OS, accuracy may have improved, and effectiveness of the AF can be very highly tweaked using the Sigma dock. That lens, in particular, should honestly ship with the dock, as it has a raft of configuration options that can switch the lens from being more of an 'art' lens for more sedentary subjects to being a pure 'sports' lens for a wide range of tracking scenarios. At least, that's what I've read from those that have used it in depth.
SecretSquirrel wrote:I've been putting off getting a decent tripod because I had other things I'd rather spend the money on and I don't shoot on a tripod but a few times a year. I went out and bought a fairly nice ball head tripod today, just so I won't have to hand hold the beast for two days straight.
Usacomp2k3 wrote:SecretSquirrel wrote:I've been putting off getting a decent tripod because I had other things I'd rather spend the money on and I don't shoot on a tripod but a few times a year. I went out and bought a fairly nice ball head tripod today, just so I won't have to hand hold the beast for two days straight.
You'd probably be better off with a monopod than a tripod, wouldn't you?