Got to used (practice) with Nikon's new 200-500mm lens yesterday

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is big, about 14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic bodied mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only longer. Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using a Nikon D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp at 500mm f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

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PeterN wrote:

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is big, about
14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic bodied
mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only longer.
Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using a Nikon
D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp at 500mm
f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

This lens will have tremendous reach on a mFT body. ;-p You know, with
one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/o33txtp

I wonder how it will compare with the Sigma 150-600 Sport. On a FF. Not
that I can't hold my breath though...
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On 8/17/2015 12:40 AM, android wrote:
In article ,
PeterN wrote:

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is big, about
14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic bodied
mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only longer.
Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using a Nikon
D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp at 500mm
f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

This lens will have tremendous reach on a mFT body. ;-p You know, with
one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/o33txtp

I wonder how it will compare with the Sigma 150-600 Sport. On a FF. Not
that I can't hold my breath though...


Autofocus?

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On 8/17/2015 12:40 AM, android wrote:
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PeterN wrote:

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is big, about
14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic bodied
mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only longer.
Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using a Nikon
D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp at 500mm
f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

This lens will have tremendous reach on a mFT body. ;-p You know, with
one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/o33txtp

I wonder how it will compare with the Sigma 150-600 Sport. On a FF. Not
that I can't hold my breath though...


Autofocus?

Ain't there a twisty ring on those thingys? Whatever,I'm pretty
sure that Sigma supports autofocus on Nikon...
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On 8/17/2015 8:38 AM, android wrote:
PeterN Wrote in message:
On 8/17/2015 12:40 AM, android wrote:
In article ,
PeterN wrote:

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is big, about
14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic bodied
mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only longer.
Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using a Nikon
D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp at 500mm
f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

This lens will have tremendous reach on a mFT body. ;-p You know, with
one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/o33txtp

I wonder how it will compare with the Sigma 150-600 Sport. On a FF. Not
that I can't hold my breath though...


Autofocus?

Ain't there a twisty ring on those thingys? Whatever,
I'm pretty
sure that Sigma supports autofocus on Nikon...

Yes it does. I'm talking about the adopter ring.


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On 8/17/2015 8:38 AM, android wrote:
PeterN Wrote in message:
On 8/17/2015 12:40 AM, android wrote:
In article ,
PeterN wrote:

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is big, about
14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic bodied
mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only longer.
Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using a Nikon
D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp at 500mm
f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

This lens will have tremendous reach on a mFT body. ;-p You know, with
one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/o33txtp

I wonder how it will compare with the Sigma 150-600 Sport. On a FF. Not
that I can't hold my breath though...


Autofocus?

Ain't there a twisty ring on those thingys? Whatever,
I'm pretty
sure that Sigma supports autofocus on Nikon...

Yes it does. I'm talking about the adopter ring.

Oh, that's a $10 piece of equipment... Sorry!

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On 2015-08-17 12:16:37 +0000, PeterN said:

On 8/17/2015 12:40 AM, android wrote:
In article ,
PeterN wrote:

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is big, about
14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic bodied
mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only longer.
Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using a Nikon
D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp at 500mm
f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

This lens will have tremendous reach on a mFT body. ;-p You know, with
one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/o33txtp

I wonder how it will compare with the Sigma 150-600 Sport. On a FF. Not
that I can't hold my breath though...


Autofocus?

Not with any adaptor for Olympus, Fuji, etc., no AE metering either.


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Savageduck

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On 2015-08-17 12:16:37 +0000, PeterN said:

On 8/17/2015 12:40 AM, android wrote:
In article ,
PeterN wrote:

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is big, about
14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic bodied
mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only longer.
Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using a Nikon
D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp at 500mm
f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

This lens will have tremendous reach on a mFT body. ;-p You know, with
one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/o33txtp

I wonder how it will compare with the Sigma 150-600 Sport. On a FF. Not
that I can't hold my breath though...


Autofocus?

Not with any adaptor for Olympus, Fuji, etc., no AE metering either.

The Sigma has AF on FF...
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On 2015-08-17 13:39:16 +0000, android said:

Savageduck Wrote in message:
On 2015-08-17 12:16:37 +0000, PeterN said:

On 8/17/2015 12:40 AM, android wrote:
In article ,
PeterN wrote:

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is big, about
14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic bodied
mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only longer.
Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using a Nikon
D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp at 500mm
f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

This lens will have tremendous reach on a mFT body. ;-p You know, with
one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/o33txtp

I wonder how it will compare with the Sigma 150-600 Sport. On a FF. Not
that I can't hold my breath though...


Autofocus?

Not with any adaptor for Olympus, Fuji, etc., no AE metering either.

The Sigma has AF on FF...

However, your initial thought was the potential additional reach of the
new Nikkor 200-500mm if used on a M4/3 with an adaptor, and not any
other FF such as a Sigma FF. Currently none of the Nikkor-(any body)
adaptors available provide AF or AE.

Then you wondered how it would compare with the Sigma 150-600mm S on a FF.

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Savageduck

On 8/17/2015 9:32 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2015-08-17 12:16:37 +0000, PeterN said:

On 8/17/2015 12:40 AM, android wrote:
In article ,
PeterN wrote:

On 8/16/2015 7:57 PM, RichA wrote:
Images are embargoed until it's not pre-production. The lens is
big, about
14" long and then 20" extended. The build is mid-range, plastic
bodied
mostly but the balance is good. It feels like the 80-400mm only
longer.
Has a tripod mounting leg on it. Focusing is fast, but I was using
a Nikon
D810A so that probably helped. Subjectively, the images are sharp
at 500mm
f/5.6 and f/8.0, but I'd rather see them on a computer screen.


Thanks for the heads up.

This lens will have tremendous reach on a mFT body. ;-p You know, with
one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/o33txtp

I wonder how it will compare with the Sigma 150-600 Sport. On a FF. Not
that I can't hold my breath though...


Autofocus?

Not with any adaptor for Olympus, Fuji, etc., no AE metering either.



It was a rhetorical question.


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