When I first got there it was still overcast and pretty dark and was able to see how the camera does in that condition.
Oh yeah, and I apolagize for the super-low quality of the Jpegs... I wasn't paying attention and had the compression set to 20... oops. But, you still get the picture. (lol get it? )
Here is my first shot of a Cessna 206 Stationair, handheld.
Notice the shutter speed? Still quite good at the 500mm end. The previous picture turned out just as sharp and crisp and was 1/3000. So, not bad at all...
Here was the next shot in my series... an old Waco biplane. Again, at the 500mm end. Man, it's pretty darn sweet being able to get THIS CLOSE to the action! And slowed down to get prop blurr... used with the monopod.
Another beautiful biplane, Stearman I believe. Still got a little bit of prop blurr at 1/250... kinda is tricky to slow the shutter down enough when the engine is at idle and they're landing.
Oohh, and a GORGEOUS 747-400 flew by on approach to Sea-Tac and I was able to get this closeup of the engines and tail number. This was shot handheld.
And a Jet Blue A320 also on approach to Sea-Tac, and again, handheld.
The same image, 100% crop, unedited. (except for lousy compression on my part... too lazy to go back through and fix it)
And just another 100% crop from the picture snapped a few seconds later.
So, after 190 pictures, I'd say about 40 or so turned out nice and sharp. Of the remaining pictures, I'd say 90% was user error due to lack of panning skills. I've never used a camera with a monopod before, and I'm used to super-light telephoto's, not 4 pound monsters like this! lol So I have some work to do.
And honestly if anything, that's a better average than I was getting with my other lenses. I am 100% satisfied with this lens and does everything I wanted it to do... AND MORE!!
Enjoy, and now I have to go clean the crap off of my UV filter that showed up on my pictures. lol
