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When I mentioned the strap, the Nikon strap is certainly strong enough but it is just a standard strap. Do yourself a big favour and buy an Optech strap, it'll be the best £20 you've spent on camera gear... they are padded stretchy neoprene and make whatever you carry feel almost half the weight. Although my Op/tech strap is rated to 7kg, the lower webbing didn't inspire confidence, so I snipped and changed for far wider (off an old Nikon strap for the 600/4) cheers, Andy
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Good "arra's and sparra",
AJDH, -Very vivid colours and striking images of the Red Arrows, you did well. Aching arms! Three in no. "shreaded wheats for breakfast" are mandatory. Andy, - Very sharp, good colours and contrast, you must be well chuffed with this walk about lens.You would be very hard pressed to see the difference in this image and one taken with a prime 500mm. regards Subzero. |
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Seriously how long do you think this lens combined with D2X could be realistically handheld?
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I can do 5 mins up to the eye with my 300/2.8. (just tried it ), but even having a break of 20 seconds every now and again makes a huge difference.
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Hmmm, No I dont want to glue to camera to my face (Although a Nikon imprint may be cool) I expect to handhold all day but with lots and lots of little breaks. Only when a decent pass presents itself I will hold the camera.
Imagine approach to Heathrow aeroplane every 2 minutes but trying to acquire an image but last 40 seconds. Is this type of activity possible handheld with this lens?
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I still think your 200-400mm is the ideal lens for your own needs... but you'd look the part (or a part with a 300/2.8 + D2x aound your neck whilst operating the 200-400 with another D2x on a tripod
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I used mine during the recent Red Arrows display in Saudi Arabia. It was about half way through the display that I got some aching in my upper arms. Just taking the weight off the camera and lens relieved it and I was able to carry on for the second half. The lens was not constantly up to my eye during the display, there were plenty of opportunities to rest.
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Well, I have taken the plunge and I am now a proud owner of a 300 f2.8 VR. I had a free hour today and visited said supplier and took a good look and feel of the lens equipped with a D2x. I felt at the time handholding was going to be easy but back home fooling around I have my doubts. The lens is as sharp as Nikon's finest (during brief testing) i.e. 70-200 f2.8VR, 28-70 f.8 and 17-35 f2.8. I'll perform a more in depth test in due course.
The best attribute of the lens is size, a physically short lens is easy to pan and handhold therefore much easier to operate. As stated before a smaller lens is more portable and thus more usable. I look forward to the next airshow when I hope to report 100% handholding success with lots of quality 'keepers' - I also stopped by for some shredded wheat as I think I am going to need three for breakfast until then!...and after
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I'm afraid a nasty shoulder injury has stopped me from picking up a camera for the last 4 days, and it's unlikely i will be holding one for a while yet.
I feel your panic from here ... but you can relax, my injury wasn't related to camera/lens. I'm sure you'll find it lighter in use as you use it more... and your muscles will tone up a bit. No one will be kicking sand in your face down at the beach
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