Quote Originally Posted by bordsmnj View Post
Nikon d7000 w/70-300mmf5.6 hand held. 1/80th-1/125th depending on how fast the boats are and how close. if you try this in shutter priority pay attention to the little focus point TTL or you can end up with a ton of garbage. just take finger off the button and reapply til it hits a target. maual single point is better but not as easy to get exposure right when the sun is in and out of clouds. --> still a rookie, lol
Nice. Yeah that's super slow. I use a D700. I was up around 1250-1600 that weekend using a 200/2.8 @ 5.6-8 most of the time. You're arms must have been moving like you were shooting quail I'm trying to buy a 300/2.8, but don't want to have to sell a car to buy it