You are right. It takes some cranking, to get this lens to where you would like it to be....when you decide you want to move in or out.
You really have to anticipate where you want to be...well ahead of when you want to be there.
I cannot subtly, crank this lens.... one way or the other. It takes, anticipating what is about to happen, and then dropping the lens, from my face and cranking it HARD ....in or out. And then, putting the camera back to my face.
That is just the way it is.
It only cost $1400. We are fortunate to have it.
Again, you are right. As a wildlife photographer, I face the same problem with this lens. But it is much faster than uncoupling a lens and coupling another lens.
You are wrong on one thing: Relative to other super teles, this lens is lightweight.
squon wrote:
I rented this lens over Christmas for a weekend but unfortunately it just wasn't enough time for me to fully test it. So I rented it again for a couple more days and I find that I am having difficulty trying to pan with this thing. I find I have a love hate relationship with this lens so far (mostly love so far). But it's freakin huge and heavy.
If I was to buy this lens I would be mostly panning with it very close to the ground to shoot fast action outdoors, with me laying on the ground.
I find it very hard to zoom in and out and pan with it because the zoom requires two full cranks with your wrist to go from 200-500 and vice versa. I did find that removing the collar does help though, it's one less thing in the way but then it really hinders your ability to comfortably set the camera and lens on any surface.
For those who have this lens and shoot fast action sports with it outdoors, can you give me tips on comfortably and smoothly panning with it?
Even when I am not on the ground panning with it, I find my arms get tired really quick.
Dec 31, 2017 at 08:57 PM
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