I was thinking about a monopod, but with resting on a fence not doing the trick I was thinking what good a monopod would do?
I think I have just judged it wrong. I forgot about the 1.6x factor, which would mean @ 300mm I would need to be 1/500 or faster.
This lens @ 300mm is 5.6 max, which just wasn't enough yesterday.
I did use TV mode where I could, but shutter speeds is another learning curve that I have to work through. IE average speeds acceptable for certain moving things, eg if a squirrel is eating a nut, what is the minimum speed to catch it still? If its running it will need to be even faster so. It's these rough benchmarks that I just don't know and I suppose will come through learning and moreso experience. Same with catching birds in flight with static but clear wings.
When I used TV mode, there just wasn't enough light. I was underexposing by 1/3rd of a stop anyway, as I usually tend to, but still not enough, even with upping the ISO.
Last time I used 1600 the resulting images were quite grainy so I was reluctant to go that high.
I'll process a couple of the shots from raw to jpeg with minimal or no editing and full exif, when my wife gets home from work, see what you all think.
Im 100% certain it's down to me and my lack of knowledge and experience, but I suppose that just makes me more intent on learning. I'm not paying 120 quid for a lens that I am not going to be able to learn
