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El Cheapo here, what do you think of my plans?
It works well for me. The weight is not a problem. One trick I have learned that works for me, is that I do not place my left hand at the zoom ring but all the way out on the extended lens (the lens lives in at 400 mm end most of the time). This allows me to hold the combination more steady... -
El Cheapo here, what do you think of my plans?
I am not sure this is such a big deal. The lens has IS, so you will get 75-85% or the possible IS with just the lens. To my mind, the low light performance of the camera being steadily improved as you go to later generations is a bigger reason to go to the G85 over the G7. It is correct that I... -
El Cheapo here, what do you think of my plans?
I think you could do worse than G85 w 100-300. I am shooting the G85 with the larger lens (100-400) and generally am happy. With the 100-300 lens, the thing to be aware of is that zooming back just a little (to around 275) improves the sharpness a good deal. I do not have experience with the...