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<blockquote data-quote="Friggs" data-source="post: 533743" data-attributes="member: 21791">Hello folks,I took my 200-500 out for the first time today. A little puzzled. I was shooting with my D300. My shutter speed was 1/1600 sec. ISO between 320-800. Most with a F stop of F8. I was shooting a Eastern Screech Owl sitting in a tree. Not moving at all. I took about 400 shots between the owl and a few other birds around. I got more blurry pictures that I thought I should have. I was shooting from&nbsp; my car with it turned off. Elbow on the window ledge and hand under the tripod collar. VR on and on Normal. Using single and continuous focus to try different setting. I was using a single focus point. Most using the center one but some using one off to the side for composition. I did notice one thing when I was shooting. When I was shooting I could see the lens jumping between shots. Especially when in continuous. I have another lens with VR and it does not do that. I jumps when it first starts. But not between shots. Is this normal for this lens? Any thoughts on this? Thanks,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Friggs, post: 533743, member: 21791"] Hello folks, I took my 200-500 out for the first time today. A little puzzled. I was shooting with my D300. My shutter speed was 1/1600 sec. ISO between 320-800. Most with a F stop of F8. I was shooting a Eastern Screech Owl sitting in a tree. Not moving at all. I took about 400 shots between the owl and a few other birds around. I got more blurry pictures that I thought I should have. I was shooting from my car with it turned off. Elbow on the window ledge and hand under the tripod collar. VR on and on Normal. Using single and continuous focus to try different setting. I was using a single focus point. Most using the center one but some using one off to the side for composition. I did notice one thing when I was shooting. When I was shooting I could see the lens jumping between shots. Especially when in continuous. I have another lens with VR and it does not do that. I jumps when it first starts. But not between shots. Is this normal for this lens? Any thoughts on this? Thanks, [/QUOTE]

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