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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OK_Scissortail" data-source="post: 1411870" data-attributes="member: 69335">Test ShotTo answer Jim first, I will usually take about 3-5 shots of a subject still and well for flight sometimes it is just a one shot opportunity for the type of close up photo I like. On still shots most my subjects don't hang around that long to get very many shots. Busy birds they are..lol. I'm going to try out a mono-pod and see how it goes.Ok for the testing I was standing 20 feet from pole when taking both photos. I shot the first photo with stabilizer on and in mode 1, this is all with lens. On camera I shot at 400 ISO, 7.1, 300mm, shutter speed 1/2000. Chose one shot instead of AI Servo..oops I think. Photos were sized for upload but that is all, no cropping or sharpening.Second photo I had stabilizer on but used mode 2 on lens. Same camera information for both photos. Only thing that changed between the two photos was I shot on mode 1 for photo 1 and mode 2 for photo 2.I hope this helps. I do see a slight difference in photo quality or clarity between the two photos. Is it the camera, lens or me not being steady enough? I know before the last shot I really had to work at being steady. These were shot without a tripod.</blockquote>