I use a monopod for baseball and football games. Works well there seated. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 1:35 PM Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Larry. My knee is wrecked, so I have to shoot sitting. The tripod > works okay. I have a nice monopod that I used when I was able to walk in > the woods. Maybe I’ll try it from the chair. New knee in January! Back in > the woods by March! > > Paul > > > On Nov 7, 2020, at 11:44 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Nov 7, 2020, at 8:33 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I wanted to try handholding my birding rig with the K-3 and no battery > grip. I generally shoot the same lens combination with the K-1. The K-3 > minus grip made it significantly lighter than the same lens and converter > with my K-1 and battery grip. I also thought it would be fun to try the > 945mm equivalent FOV of this combination on an APS-C camera. It was > amusing. Not a good day for birds as a crew was cleaning up autum,n leaves > next door, so my best shot was a common sparrow. I also shot the canopy, > which is now turning brown. In terms of handling, the rig was a bit easier > to maneuver but it still hurt my arthritic left wrist, which has to support > the lens. I hadn’t used the K-3 in years, so I got a good sense of how it > compares to th K-1. It doesn’t lock focus quite as readily as the k-1, but > it’s not a huge difference. Exposure isn’t quite as accurate as that of the > K-1, but it’s not far off, and since I shoot RAW that doesn’t matter > greatly. It is a bit noisier, but again not a huge difference. I may try it > again without the converter, which will make it closer to the K-1 in FOV. > > > > Both shots are quite nice. > > > > Have you tried a monopod with a ball head? I’ve got a carbon fiber > benro monopod, and I hang it from my belt with a maglite holster. It works > a treat when I need steady portable support for a long lens. > > > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18629776/Late-Autumn-Canopy > >> > >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18629777/House-Sparrow > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > > > > -- > > Larry Colen > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > -- 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.
