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  1. I recently returned from a trip to the Azores (10/2019) and a whale watching excursion. I used a Nikon D-500 with a 28 – 300 mm zoom lens and a ND filter to bring out the blue skies. I guess this would be considered a medium/high end camera. I set the shutter to “continuous – low” and let it chug away taking pictures as the sperm whales did their thing; blowing, tails in the air and getting ready to dive. I would have missed some great shots if I would have had the shutter set to “single shot”. I think a tripod would have been just one more piece of equipment for me to worry about and really didn’t want the extra weight on the planes or on the catamaran. I compensated for lack of a tripod by making sure my shutter speed was set a little higher than normal. It is somewhat gratifying when the marine biologist comes around to show you whale pictures from other excursions, see your pictures and then go and get the other marine biologist to also look at your pictures. This was a great experience.