Hi, Thomas Stach wrote:
> Well, why would I want to handhold it? > > As I described in my earlier post I'm planning to do aerosports shooting > with it - very fast moving objects. > A lot of shooting is done right overhead, I'm trying to capture fast > objects in flight with some fps - it's sometimes even difficult to keep > them inside the viewfinder. I think a tripod would be near useless. Not true. It may take some practice and will certainly require the correct initial choice of equipment but shooting fast moving aeroplanes with a long lens mounted on a tripod is perfectly feasible. See Cotty's site with last year's PDML meet. http://www.macads.co.uk/pdml/ mike

