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<blockquote data-quote="mikew_RIP" data-source="post: 152275" data-attributes="member: 14174">Been to the shop today to try the lenses,a decision has been made although no purchase until Friday i will only have the 18-55 and the new lens so will need to be able to use it as a walk around general purpose lens, the 120-400 i find the easiest to use,my tests today where made at 300mm which if i can hand hold at that i will be happy.Tested both lenses at 300mm iso 100 on a dull day and got consistently sharp images on the 120-400 but not the 150-500 i put this down to weight and length of the lenses,i dont dispute the longer one will be sharper at 400mm but ime looking for a 70-300 alternative that can be used longer on odd occasions and i know i can do feeding station work with a 400,i will never use it for wild life stalking so the extra 100mm wont in my mind give me any advantage.Wish i had the money to buy some glass for my D70 he had some early nice second had ones in for that.mike</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mikew_RIP, post: 152275, member: 14174"] Been to the shop today to try the lenses,a decision has been made although no purchase until Friday i will only have the 18-55 and the new lens so will need to be able to use it as a walk around general purpose lens, the 120-400 i find the easiest to use,my tests today where made at 300mm which if i can hand hold at that i will be happy. Tested both lenses at 300mm iso 100 on a dull day and got consistently sharp images on the 120-400 but not the 150-500 i put this down to weight and length of the lenses,i dont dispute the longer one will be sharper at 400mm but ime looking for a 70-300 alternative that can be used longer on odd occasions and i know i can do feeding station work with a 400,i will never use it for wild life stalking so the extra 100mm wont in my mind give me any advantage. Wish i had the money to buy some glass for my D70 he had some early nice second had ones in for that. mike [/QUOTE]

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