urbanwild wrote:
Thank you for reviving this thread. This lens gets no love but is worthy of much love:
Most of these are very heavily cropped and all are taken with a D500. Some out in heavy rain.
What an amazing display of biodiversity, optical flexibility, and your skill.
The 200-500 lens gets less love than it should. I have owned two copies and have used them around the world. Optically, then lens is toe to toe with the more expensive 200-400 VR and performs like a 500 prime when used on a DX body like the 200-500.
The D500 + 200-500 continues to be the best bang per buck per pixel for a wildlife shooter.
My only gripe is with the build/construction. If Nikon were to redesign the lens with an internal Zoom, update the focus motor, and update the coatings, I would gladly spend $3000 on a Z-mount version. Optically, the lens is more than good enough!
Jul 09, 2022 at 07:11 AM
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