I've started using my monopod most of the time now.It's nice and light.
If I'm having a off day with my arm. I just take my monopod plus it's easier to carry it that way
Got mine from the Outdoor Photography Gear place, perfectly happy with it.
Got mine from Wildlife Watching Supplies and have had no issues with it.
I have the TC 1401 works fine with the sigma. As with any tc compromise with image quality is the trade off I have the 80D and leave the iso on auto to keep the shutter speed up find F9 very workable in decent light. Given what we ask from a sub 1k lens and TC it's pretty goodThanks for the responses re: lens cover.
It looks like there's nothing between them. The OFG cover is slightly cheaper but the WWS includes TC cover (which I'm also looking at) so work out the same
Going slightly off topic....has anyone got/used the 1.4x extender? I will mostly use it for airshows but with max F9 not sure if it'll be fast enough.
Just out of interest, why do you think you'd need a teleconverter for airshows?Thats encouraging to hear..thanks for the response.
I will look to get one before the airshow season starts.
I'm finding it quite difficult to get sharp shots of wildlife hand held - basically can't get a high enough shutter speed at 600mm or there abouts and my camera doesn't handle ISO very well at all, ISO above 400 isn't nice and 400 itself doesn't look great. That's with IS on hand holding so I think I might need to invest in a monopod - have you guys found similar? And can anyone recommend a good monopod for me please?
Airshows its fine hand held on a sunny day etc. but if I want to photograph deer, let's say, at dawn or during the golden hour I just can't get a steady enough viewfinder...
Have the Manfrotto 393 which, given the price, I think is an excellent investment.
looks well reviewed. So do you use that on a monopod ?
moon by Michael Johnson, on Flickr
Stars?Nice but what's all these white dots? Can't be noise at iso 320 and 1/640th of a second.
Stars?
Stars?
What causes that?Hot pixels
Hot pixels
That or a lot of space dust