Originally posted by kentster Thats awesome
Otis is awesome.....and he will tell it to anyone that will listen!
Here is one Otis wanted posted.....he does hate birds, you know!
Says they foul the air!
"Looky down there! It's that damn squirrel Otis and he has a BB gun!"
Here is the drawback to big slow lenses....you get a nice pose, you have a chance to get a shot, but the light is too low to get any speed handheld...even if the subject is relatively still.
Imagine at 1/500 ISO 200 f8....it could be so much better! But, I do recall not long ago that a shot at ISO 6400 wasn't worth snapping, so I am not complaining too much!
1/160 handheld ISO 6400 F 6.3 @ 500mm
Still...the bokeh was nice and the shot will be good printed on a matte paper card front where it won't matter much about the noise. I take the shot if I get a chance, some work, some don't, but space on a SD card is cheap, so why not!
Staying at or below 3200 will work most of the time for me, this one at 1600 worked out just fine for my needs!
Regards!