When the camera/lens weight is as heavy as it is with the DFA, a tripod is preferable. Hand holding, however, allows a much freer sweeping motion to follow the target. The longer reach does make it more difficult to "find" the bird upon take off or as it passes.
J Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 10, 2017, at 9:13 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice. The Grackle is very sharp and detailed. Good job on the duck as well. > Shooting birds in flight off a tripod is difficult. > > Paul >> On Mar 10, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

