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Tamron 150-600 - Not too heavy to walk around with.
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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 331149" data-attributes="member: 8705"><p>I've previously posted about people complaining that relatively light setups are too heavy to use and while I accept that some people may have medical reasons for finding this a problem, others are probably just wimps.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday we went to the zoo to try the 150-600s on some captive subjects. The wife and I both had them on a D7100 and Blackrapid straps. We walked around for about 4 hours and took lots of shots, all handheld.</p><p></p><p>From what I've seen of the results so far I'm very pleased with the performance, although I seem to have got the AF fine tune better adjusted on my wife's setup than mine. Mine was good, hers was excellent. I'm hoping it's that rather than her technique just being better than mine <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>To my point. My wife is about 5' 4" and slim. Neither the weight nor hand holding caused her a problem and she loves the lens. Maybe the training on the 70-200 2.8 on holiday helped, although that's 300g lighter.</p><p></p><p>I must admit I steered her away from the Sigma 150-500 for a couple of years because I thought the weight would be a struggle, but I guess I was wrong.</p><p></p><p>We took monopods with us but didn't use them as it was mainly a test of how practical the lens is to handhold. All I can say is that the VC is superb. Next time we go we will just choose a couple of exhibits and use a monopod as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 331149, member: 8705"] I've previously posted about people complaining that relatively light setups are too heavy to use and while I accept that some people may have medical reasons for finding this a problem, others are probably just wimps. Yesterday we went to the zoo to try the 150-600s on some captive subjects. The wife and I both had them on a D7100 and Blackrapid straps. We walked around for about 4 hours and took lots of shots, all handheld. From what I've seen of the results so far I'm very pleased with the performance, although I seem to have got the AF fine tune better adjusted on my wife's setup than mine. Mine was good, hers was excellent. I'm hoping it's that rather than her technique just being better than mine :-) To my point. My wife is about 5' 4" and slim. Neither the weight nor hand holding caused her a problem and she loves the lens. Maybe the training on the 70-200 2.8 on holiday helped, although that's 300g lighter. I must admit I steered her away from the Sigma 150-500 for a couple of years because I thought the weight would be a struggle, but I guess I was wrong. We took monopods with us but didn't use them as it was mainly a test of how practical the lens is to handhold. All I can say is that the VC is superb. Next time we go we will just choose a couple of exhibits and use a monopod as well. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD [/QUOTE]
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