Originally Posted by
rnclark
You may be right, but there are other considerations that may make me a little different. I have never revealed this in a public forum, but I do have a disability that limits what I can accomplish, and in the field one may never notice my problem. I have suffered some sever eye problems, including a detached retina. These problems limit my ability to pick out details; my eyes don't completely merge the images, and that effects my depth perception. The corrective surgeries have left me with flair and all this makes it hard for me to follow action when I hand hold. The tripod steadies the lens to allow me to compensate for some of these problems. I'm not looking for sympathy or anything, just a realization that what may work well for some may not work for everyone. Other than that, I'm quite healthy.
But when someone asks you what is your most important set of optics, respond with "my eyes!"
I can also envision that some people may not have the ability to hold a lens steady, so a tripod may make better sense for them too for birds in flight. It can be done.
Yes. And with wildlife action. I might add, this is much easier with a tripod mounted lens.
Roger