Good evening Dan,
Most of my pictures are taken of scenes where I want everything in sharp
focus. Even with fast lenses I normally stop down. I can hand hold the
50-250/5 while using Velvia 50 during daylight at all but the longest focal
lenghts. Even then if I brace myself against a nearby object I can hand hold
it. I actually carry the 50-250 with me daily at lunch time when I take a 15
minute walk down the street from my work to get lunch. I've taken quite a
few shots of some flood control work being done on the nearby stream. The
50-250, a 35-xx zoom, and the 24mm shift make a great small kit to walk
around with.
I also often use the lens when I go up to San Francisco. For quick snap
shots while standing in the middle of the street I sometimes leave the
tripod legs close together forming a bipod.
Most of what I take pictures of doesn't move very fast. Except at lunch
time, I usually carry a tripod. I don't consider myself very steady, others,
almost certainly yourself, could hand hold it better than I can. I find the
balance of the camera with that lens to be very good.
-jeff
From: "Daniel" <danrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Jeff how do you get around the slowness of the 50-250/5?
Daniel
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