rjaywallace wrote:
I would attach the camera or, better yet, the lens directly to the monopod and skip the ball head option. With all the twisting and turning probable at an air show, you want the attachment as direct and as secure as possible. I've used a ball head with a monopod and gotten great results, but nearly always with static subjects. /Ralph
The lens DOES come with a tripod collar, something I've never had experience with. I wonder if that makes any difference. I put my camera/lens directly on the monopod a few minutes ago and swung it around in my bedroom. I'll go out later and see if I can find any cooperative birds to try it with...it might work. I imagine that with the lens mounted on a monopod and the camera mounted on a lens the balance would be better. but I'd probably have to do a lot of straightening in post!