Here's the moon with all that glass. I was really hurting without IS. This is tripod mounted and using a wired remote. Luckily the wind is calm tonight. Tough getting a decent focus though without IS. Any slight touch of the lens sent shockwaves through it for 20 or 30 seconds. I had to focus, wait for it to settle, trying to fine tune, wait for it to settle, etc, etc. Still not sure it's as sharply focused as it could be. Nonetheless, I'm happy with it. Very little crop here. Nice having the moon almost fill the frame. And boy does it move fast at this zoom level.
I want to see you guys with the 500 f4 rigs stack some TCs and take a tripod mounted moon shot. Use LV 10x focus and get it as sharp as you can. The 500 f4 with stacked 1.4x and 2x TCs should be 1400mm, right?
