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Angelo Bufalino Full member Joined in May 2011 Posts: 420 |
Posted 19 November 2015 - 05:36 CET |
Nikon shooters rejoice. You now have an affordable super tele that knocks the socks off the Tamron 150-600 and the Sigma 150-600. The new Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6 arrived at my place today. Out of the box I am very impressed. Build quality is very solid. Weight is EASILY managed. Focus is fast and accurate. VR excellent. I am looking forward to a thorough test run this week. This was hand held at 500mm and 1/400th f/5.6 Attached photos: |
Oscar Lammers Photography Full member Joined in July 2014 Posts: 22 |
Posted 19 November 2015 - 10:07 CET |
Thats a nice example! I'm planning to buy this lens next year! I'm looking forward to see some sample pictures taken with this lens!
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Mark de Bruin Full member Joined in June 2013 Posts: 11 |
Posted 19 November 2015 - 13:01 CET |
First off congratulations with your new piece of glass! Really curious to hear your opinion about it, keep us posted! |
Björn Van Brussel Member Joined in April 2015 Posts: 2 |
Posted 19 November 2015 - 18:47 CET |
Could you show some full resolution examples instead of cropped ones please? |
Martin Thoeni - Powerplanes Full member Joined in February 2014 Posts: 7 |
Posted 20 November 2015 - 12:05 CET |
I have ordered the lens, when it was announced by Nikon. Sine the beginning of october I'm shooting with this phantatstic new lens. I wanted to test it at Axalp, but unfortunately it was cancelled :-(
But here you can see some pictures made with the Nikkor 200-500mm together with Nikon D800 an D7200: http://www.powerplanes.ch/base-visits/2015/emmen_4_november_2015/index.html http://www.powerplanes.ch/axalp/2015/index.html http://www.powerplanes.ch/airports/buochs/16_november_2015_mit_pc-24/index.html
I'm really happy about this lens and I'm really thinking about selling my Nikkor 200-400mm 1:4 VR. The 200-500mm is 1kg less of weight, 100mm more focal length and only 1 aperture less (1:5.6) than the 200-400mm. You can use a 1.4x teleconverter, then you have a 700mm lens, but not really good quality.... |
Björn Van Brussel Member Joined in April 2015 Posts: 2 |
Posted 25 November 2015 - 14:00 CET |
Hi Martin, can you confirm that the VR works just fine for panning on the 200-500? I currently own an 80-400 and I have the impression that the VR is more counter-productive than it's supposed to be. It regularly creates ghosting.
Maybe it needs a little check to see if the VR works fine. Wouldn't be the first time I have a new lens that is already broken from the beginning :( |
Angelo Bufalino Full member Joined in May 2011 Posts: 420 |
Posted 6 December 2015 - 13:51 CET |
Go to the link below to see some more shots Taken with this lens.
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/ajbufalino/23543341505/
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/ajbufalino/23477882826/
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martynboyd Member Joined in January 2016 Posts: 3 |
Posted 1 February 2016 - 12:27 CET |
Angelo, great photo and I envy you your lens!! In my position as University Photographer at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland I sometimes borrowed the Nikkor 80-400 f/4.5 VRII when I'd go to an airshow. It did ok, got some great shots with it but focus was a bit too slow. maybe sometime I will be able to treat myself to your lens. My gear is no longer bought for me by an employer, I am on my own now so it's ££ outta my pocket and I need to make some more before buying that beauty! Enjoy. |
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