Alone on an Island

I rented the new Tamron 150-600 to see if it's worth the money.  This is what it looks like on a D700 at 600mm f/11 on a tripod.  Not Nikkor quality by any means, but for a 1/8th the price, I think it's pretty decent.  Probably not a good fit if you're looking to shoot indoor sports.  And being able to zoom all the way from 150-600 is pretty cool when you're shooting things from the road in areas where public access is a problem.  

It's heavy.  I could probably shoot it freehand for a couple hours before motion blur became a problem but I do a lot of marksmanship training for work.  Tripod is certainly the way to go.

It gets a lot more crisp down around 450mm and below.  I think I'm going to go ahead and buy one when things settle down a bit and I'll have more time to shoot.