p.47 #1 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
A couple of shots with the 200-500 f5.6 using the TC14 and TC17. Shot handheld from inside my car, both are shot wide open and cropped to the same size. Only posting to show results with the lens at 700mm and 850mm. Please don't hold it against me that the Kestrel is on a power line! haha
p.47 #2 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
Good day y'all! My wife and I are just starting a 15 day roadie up through the "red center" of Australia. Our first night, we stayed in Little Desert National Park in Victoria, on the way to Kangaroo Island. At dusk, a mob of roos appeared in a field across from our cabins.... perfect opportunity for the 200-500! I was able to get about 60 meters away from the mob without spooking them too much, so these are about 50% crops from the original frames on my D750. I'm very pleased with the sharpness of this lens wide open, and the VR is amazing...
p.47 #3 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
... and here's a shot of an Emu from the D7100 with the same lens a little earlier.... I like the D750 more than the D7100 as the light begins to fail...
p.47 #5 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
These are all pretty impressive shots with the 200-500!
I have a couple of questions.
On canon ef lenses it's possible to stop down to an aperture setting with the lens still on the body, and remove the lens such that even while off the body (ie unpowered) the lens aperture remains stopped down to the desired setting.
Is this possible with the Nikon 200-500?
Use cases are to either add a short tube to reduce mfd (albeit with only manual focus), or to mount to cine bodies.
Also, how is the focus breathing @500mm and mfd? Still a 500mm? Or way shorter like the 70-"200mm" *cough 70-135mm cough* 2.8 VRII?
p.47 #6 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
dhamments wrote:
... and here's a shot of an Emu from the D7100 with the same lens a little earlier.... I like the D750 more than the D7100 as the light begins to fail...
p.47 #10 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
Took me 4 plus years just to see this little guy in my yard. Luckily I also now have lens capable of giving a couple decent pictures of him too!
The elusive Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
VR Off for both pictures. Monopod used for support.
CAMERA Nikon NIKON D7200
LENS AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
ISO 3200
FOCAL LENGTH 500.0 mm (750.0 mm in 35mm)
APERTURE f/8
EXPOSURE TIME 0.0005s (1/2000)
NAME TS2_1911.jpg
SIZE 1129 x 1694
CAMERA Nikon NIKON D7200
LENS AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
ISO 6400
FOCAL LENGTH 500.0 mm (750.0 mm in 35mm)
APERTURE f/8
EXPOSURE TIME 0.0005s (1/2000)
NAME TS2_1933.jpg
SIZE 1165 x 1748
p.47 #11 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
A few more from our trek across Australia.... these next two are low light shots of a koala in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island. He was about 20 meters up in a Eucalyptus tree...
p.47 #12 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
..... a few more from Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island, SA. The Cape Barren Goose was over 50 meters away in the first shot and about 30 meters away in the second...
and finally, this New Zealand fur seal was also about 50 meters away.... all in all, I'm very pleased with the sharpness of this lens at moderate distance. I still have to stress it with some long distance shots.
p.47 #16 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
Very interested in this lens but never having owned one this heavy, and looking to use D7000 and/or D750 with a sling strap, should the strap attach to the lens foot or is it sufficient to just use one of the camera strap lugs without worrying about the lens mount? I've hoisted one in the store and can't seem to shake the idea that it's too heavy to carry on a strap only attached to the camera. Thanks for any input.
p.47 #17 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
thabesh wrote:
Very interested in this lens but never having owned one this heavy, and looking to use D7000 and/or D750 with a sling strap, should the strap attach to the lens foot or is it sufficient to just use one of the camera strap lugs without worrying about the lens mount? I've hoisted one in the store and can't seem to shake the idea that it's too heavy to carry on a strap only attached to the camera. Thanks for any input.
It's always best practice to support the lens rather than the camera aside from the really small/light ones.
