12-01-2010, 09:19 AM
We used a monopod with the 150-500 + handhold with OIS with at least 1/750.
The AF was just not quick/precise enough for birding. No wonder with 6,3 at the long end.
My theory is, that a sharper lens produce better AF results as well.
Plus IF you finally got a photo (of a sitting bird) the feathers looked mushy compared with my trusted Sigma 400mm APO Makro.
Why they ever stopped producing this lens?
One of the lenses I will never sell. You might find one on fleebay for under 300 Euros. For Nikon you even get HSM.
Regards
The AF was just not quick/precise enough for birding. No wonder with 6,3 at the long end.
My theory is, that a sharper lens produce better AF results as well.
Plus IF you finally got a photo (of a sitting bird) the feathers looked mushy compared with my trusted Sigma 400mm APO Makro.
Why they ever stopped producing this lens?
One of the lenses I will never sell. You might find one on fleebay for under 300 Euros. For Nikon you even get HSM.
Regards