mrsparky opened this issue on May 22, 2008 · 11 posts
mrsparky posted Sun, 25 May 2008 at 7:57 PM
All great info - thanks everyone.
I'll definately chase up on those links and truth be told probably have to aim based on price, and also whats about I have noticed doesn't seem to as a wide a choice for sony [minolota] as muich as canon/nikon.
The 70-300 got a good test today in pretty overcast conditions and perfomed quite well.
Pictures on my 2nd machine, I'll post one tommorow.
A chap nearby had a 400 on a new canon and we swapped for a few seconds there didn't seem like there was much difference, though the canon had the edge at 10 FPS over the sonys 3FPS.
At the same time I'd lent my Fuji FD6500 to a friend who was at another show, that has a 300 fixed which says 135 equiv, the shutter lag on that is bad, but in the shots he got you could definately see the difference.
What I did see today was something strange, a lens with a diameter the size of a stereo - about 2-3 foot long on what looked like two tripods. There was what looked a rocket storage crate nearby. The SLR on the back looked tiny in comparison. I didn't speak to the guy but it looked it would be quite tricky to try and track something fast.
BTW - also tried the jobo mega 1 today, and if you need a way of freeing up memory cards it's a lot nicer than lugging around a laptop. Not particulary fast but effective.