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Originally Posted by Ollie  You have got your sums right as far as I am aware. Some people can use the Sigma 50 - 500 mm lens very succesfully hand holding. Graham (glsammy) have posted some excellent hand held shots with this lens. Myself I find that up to 300mm I can handhold but after that either a tripod or monopod is best. Sure Graham will come in on this and point out some of his hand held shots for you when he comes on line. I don't know where you would find it any cheaper in the UK.
Roger |
Thanks Roger. I have got some good hand held shots at surprisingly slow shutter speeds, but I've also got dozens of failures as well! I always try to use my mono-pod if possible, if not, like in flight shots, then hand held it has to be.
So you can use it perfectly well hand held, but if the shutter speed is slow, some sort of support is recommended, as with any lens.
Here's a couple hand held:
This one 1/125sec. F8.0.
In flight:
