Hi Nirofo
Yes agree with you Nikon gear is great.
The Blacbird shot is a disgrace, but maybe I did not explain the circumstances well enough. The lens and camera were locked down solid on a very heavy all steel Manfrotto and the bird was posing for me (not a Snap shot) light was fair Cloudy.
I have deleted the Raw file, but from memory it was about 1/40 at f5.6 App Priority with Auto WB+2 ISO200 and a ML-L3 used to operate the shutter.
Saturday, I did a series of exposures, tripod mounted and electronic triggered, in the garden, bright sunlight and a stationary subject at 20ft.
I used shutter speeds from 1/500 - 1/2000 at f4 - f8 and all were no better than the Blackbird shot. Changed to the 70-200 with the TC1.7 went through the same proceedure,and all were razor sharp.
Even the best gear fails some times - I am taking the lens up to Nikon at Richmond next week for a check up.
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