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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eastwood" data-source="post: 1505600" data-attributes="member: 45877">Roy,I used to hand hold it all the time before. But now I tried to use a tripod for stationary birds and birds in perch. This improves the IQ and keeping rate a lot. It also enables me to use a slower shutter speed and/or stop down the aperture. Tracking speed is OK if I set the limiter to 6.5m~infinity, provided the object is nothing like swallows, but it gives me sore arm if I do it for longer time (main reason for me to acquire the 300 f4). Another problem is, for a bigger subject at close range, it is very easy to have it not properly framed.For a young and strong guy, this shouldn't be the problem though.Thanks.</blockquote>