My 1st copy of Photosniper without the gun stock is going to my friend FotoPete. And currently I am using my 2nd copy with the gun stock. My 3rd copy in a complete package with
Zenit FS-12 is yet to come. Both of my 1st and 2nd copies are part of
Zenit FS-3 packages, an earlier version.
I expect similar working between
Tair-3 PhS 300mm f/4.5 and
Tair-3S 300mm f/4.5. I would be delighted it is lighter, but all of my research and answers from other owners indicate that both Tair-3 PhS and Tair 3-S are the same and weigh the same. I will update when my copy of Tair-3S arrives.
I am going to test out the gun-stock in a day or two, I found a remote place without much people. And my plannings are:
- A big sticker for "Photo Only" next to my gun stock
- Another poster with "Photo Only" hanging in my tripod
- Use of wireless remote attached to lens barrel to work with trigger
- SR off
- may try the F-1.7x in the combo to get to 510mm with AF
And I found in the Accessories thread that the Agonic Stabilizer is sharing similar idea to the Photosniper. I think the idea in stabilizing a shot is working quite effectively in panning moving object while having some support similar to a tripod but not having the burden of a full size tripod.
I will report back how it works. As far as I can imagine, it will be practically impossible to use the gun stock as I can only fire the shutter once as I need to re-cock to gain focus in wide aperture, unless I shoot all in wide open apertures.
Hin
Last edited by hinman; 04-30-2009 at 04:40 PM.