On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 08:36:32AM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > I have gotten some nice very sharp shots with my 135-600mm SMCT @ 600mm > > "Hand held" using only a monopod and 1/500 and 1/100. Monopods ROCK!. > > Yep, I love my monopod. I even use it for panning the 400 on both the > MZ-S and the *ist D. I've gotten to where I can usually hand hold the > 300 without much problem, as long as I keep the shutter speed faster > than 1/125. But the monopod helps there, too. And the Manfrotto > three-section monopod doubles as a cudgel when needed, too. :-)
These shots (which many here have seen before) were taken using a monopod and the monster zoom. In fact a good number of my motorsports shots were taken with the 300/f2.8 (with or without the 1.7x AF adapter) or the big zoom, and I almost always use a monopod with them. http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/PortlandPitStop.jpg http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/CityStreets.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
