What about monopodding? This is almost as good as a tripod but way better than hand holding. I use monopod at all times for 400-600mm lenses. 300 and under I handhold. With my 1000mm, ALWAYS a tripod. jco
-----Original Message----- From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:52 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: [OT] KM shows cheap DSLR with AS On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 02:14:07PM +0100, Cotty wrote: > On 16/7/05, P?l Jensen, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >That depends how heavy it is. Noone I know can held a 600mm lens > >still....It is too heavy... :-) > > Agreed. Even a 300 2.8 is pushing it too much. I'm thinking of a 70- > 200 2.8 zoom, with maybe a teleconverter as well. After half an hour, > my muscles feel the strain. There's at least one regular amongst the photgraphers I see at race meetings who hand-holds a 400/2.8 (on a Canon megabody, no less)
