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Originally Posted by dpastern
Good job with the lens especially (it's a heavyish lens and is a bit slow aperture wise from memory).
Dave
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nah the lens is a dream to use. i hand hold all my shots even at 500mm as the OS works really well. there are tricks to using this lens tho, you have to shoot at f8 or higher as wide open at f6.3 its just a bit too soft. in poor light the AF can sometimes be a bit hit and miss but generally the focus is pretty good... helps to have a good flash on board for those times that the light is poor too. the fact that its 2kg doesnt bother me as its still quite well ballanced with the rest of my gear attached and i can d0 2-3 hours without tiring.
the birds in order are: brown thornbill, female golden whistler, spotted pardalote, yellow tufted honey eater, eastern spinebill, and another spotted pardalote.
i use bird calls to get them close enough to shoot
