Red Ring Tupperware Photography & Tinfoil Talk (15)

Nothing wrong with using a pod....dang to hear some people talk it is criminal if you do...but if you want sharp images...you use one. Hell...I can handhold a 70-200 f/2.8 IS all day long without batting an eye...but the images that come from it when used with a pod are on a whole different level.

Yup....you folks shoot birds on the move.....

I shoot birds on the plate, my preferred rig being 28/1.8, 30D, ST-E2 and an off-camera flash

(some will remember my infamous 'plate shot'....)

Woolburr wrote in post #8573741
Nothing wrong with using a pod....dang to hear some people talk it is criminal if you do...but if you want sharp images...you use one. Hell...I can handhold a 70-200 f/2.8 IS all day long without batting an eye...but the images that come from it when used with a pod are on a whole different level.

It seems to be a gear forum requirement of manly prowess that one be able to handhold without any form of support

Tying some bricks to the tripod mount enhances your 'street cred' apparently

lol...yep I do!

Sweet, Lisa! I now shoot with the 100-400 with a 1.4x TC, but something's not quite the same...but the next Big lens I get will have to be either a 500 or 600 because, well, you know birding...but it may be a long time coming.

tonylong wrote in post #8573755
Sweet, Lisa! I now shoot with the 100-400 with a 1.4x TC, but something's not quite the same...but the next Big lens I get will have to be either a 500 or 600 because, well, you know birding...but it may be a long time coming.

1-4 with TC ain't that hot. The big guns take TC's a lot better.. hopefully there is a long lens in your future soon

I'm using a 300 F4 with a 1.4x tc now. It's pretty equivalent to my 300 F4 IS. (minus the IS) but IQ wise very similar.

Woolburr wrote in post #8573741
Nothing wrong with using a pod....dang to hear some people talk it is criminal if you do...but if you want sharp images...you use one. Hell...I can handhold a 70-200 f/2.8 IS all day long without batting an eye...but the images that come from it when used with a pod are on a whole different level.

Hell, yeah -- I don't know of anyone who is serious about birding who doesn't use one at least occasionally, but I may be wrong. With me and the 300, though, especially with a TC, well, it was just assumed that if a tripod wasn't convenient a monopod was at least alongside. I've done some real treks with the 300/body on a monopod slung over my shoulder.

Permagrin wrote in post #8573769
I'm using a 300 F4 with a 1.4x tc now. It's pretty equivalent to my 300 F4 IS. (minus the IS) but IQ wise very similar.

You recall at one time I had a 300/4 ISL and 1-4 in the house simultaneously..

The 1-4 turned out to be even a little bit sharper than the 300/4 with TC (both racked all the way out), and just as sharp at 300 without TC. But I kinda miss the clean lines, look and feel of the 300. I love the hood and the thinner barrel of the lens.

Lightstream wrote in post #8573750
It seems to be a gear forum requirement of manly prowess that one be able to handhold without any form of support

Tying some bricks to the tripod mount enhances your 'street cred' apparently

Yeah...you should be able to do a day with the 400 f/2.8 IS and then pump off an evenings worth with the 500 without batting an eyelash.

Woolburr wrote in post #8573786
Yeah...you should be able to do a day with the 400 f/2.8 IS and then pump off an evenings worth with the 500 without batting an eyelash.

Absolutely! And don't forget your 1-series, the bigger, the better. Be old skewl, use NiMH for added weight. For after all, weight equals stability!


Me? I use pods when I have a chance. 300/2.8 IS on a tripod was nice, even if I didn't have a gimbal.

Well, those were some of the most incredible shots I've seen in quite a while.

Yepper...show your manhood...and your hernia! hehehe

JJ....this was taken at 80 mph through the windshield...forgive the softness...but an actual avalanche shed.

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Lightstream wrote in post #8573798
Absolutely! And don't forget your 1-series, the bigger, the better. Be old skewl, use NiMH for added weight. For after all, weight equals stability!

Me? I use pods when I have a chance. 300/2.8 IS on a tripod was nice, even if I didn't have a gimbal.

Heh! My 1D3 was a nice match for the 300 -- it wasn't "little"!

You really don't need a gimbal for the 300, IMO. I think it's made to be an in-between type of lens that you can hand hold (I've done it plenty) and you can get a ton of mileage with a monopod, which I think I've done the most of, and you can get a lot of mileage with a good conventional tripod, which I've done plenty of -- come to think of it, I don't even have a gimbal, so I guess I don't even know what I'm talking about!