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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 800907" data-attributes="member: 48483">Re f-stop: Using shutter-priority auto exposure so that is where it landed because of cloudy conditions. At the distance to subject, DOF was no issue. A good deal of cropping going on with my photos. But going to 1/1000 would have pushed the ISO up another stop and the early shots had more noise in shadows than I liked as it was.This location was simply drive-up and set up in front of my car. I set the tripod and walked back to the car to get camera. At the 2nd location with the geese I had camera in a backpack case to walk short distance to an observation deck. Carried tripod collapsed in left hand. If I would have been walking between other locations I would have locked the gimbal axis knobs and slung over shoulder. The Wimberly Sidekick and Sirui K40 ball head are very solid. Or put camera in backpack and sling tripod on shoulder. Yes the 90c is a load but I also have a lightweight travel tripod to use otherwise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 800907, member: 48483"] Re f-stop: Using shutter-priority auto exposure so that is where it landed because of cloudy conditions. At the distance to subject, DOF was no issue. A good deal of cropping going on with my photos. But going to 1/1000 would have pushed the ISO up another stop and the early shots had more noise in shadows than I liked as it was. This location was simply drive-up and set up in front of my car. I set the tripod and walked back to the car to get camera. At the 2nd location with the geese I had camera in a backpack case to walk short distance to an observation deck. Carried tripod collapsed in left hand. If I would have been walking between other locations I would have locked the gimbal axis knobs and slung over shoulder. The Wimberly Sidekick and Sirui K40 ball head are very solid. Or put camera in backpack and sling tripod on shoulder. Yes the 90c is a load but I also have a lightweight travel tripod to use otherwise. [/QUOTE]

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