HerbChong wrote:
sooner rather than later you will have to get a tripod or monopod because of weight and for no other reason. just because the D3X and 200-400 is handholdable fairly easily doesn\'t mean you should do it.
I\'m a fairly stout guy and I work out a little, so I have no trouble hand-holding longer lenses for at least a little while. Truth be told, I mostly just use bracing of some kind (non-sandbag), perhaps a tree or log, etc. when I\'m out and about, or I sit and use my knees as support.
VR helps with many things but if you want truly tack sharp images with longer lenses, you will be supported by something with VR disabled.
Herb...
I\'m still going the VR / OS route, at least to try. I have the 150-500 OS Sigma coming in tomorrow -- I figured I\'d give it a shot and if I don\'t like it very much, I\'ll lose shipping charges but oh well.
I will probably end up using a monopod anyway with OS enabled, to give more sharper images than hand-held OS, we\'ll see.
Mar 12, 2009 at 02:56 PM
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