Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR Lens (Page 2): I've had this lens since April 2019 and love it! I rarely use anything else, except for a Nikon 28-300 f3.5-5.6 or 300mm f/4E...

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Feb 2, 2021 09:41:22 #

howellb

I've had this lens since April 2019 and love it! I rarely use anything else, except for a Nikon 28-300 f3.5-5.6 or 300mm f/4E prime when the subject warrants. I also had the 150-500 Sigma and the Nikon 200-500. I sold the Sigma - never sorry, but I wish I had kept the 200-500 even though I almost exclusively used the 500mm 5.6 for over a year before selling the 200-500. The weight of the 500mm 5.6 was a big selling point, and it is a sharp lens. If I want to shoot in really low light, I have trouble, though. I'd purchase a larger aperture lens, but the cost and the weight are prohibitive.

Feb 2, 2021 09:42:49 #

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

From everything I’ve heard it’s a great lens, but if you’re not getting good results with the 200-500 either you got a bad copy or you need to work on your technique. The 200-500 is very capable of sharp images.

Feb 2, 2021 10:01:30 #

moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

I have one for sale--not posted yet. PM me for details. Barely used, no issues. I'm downsizing to make way for an Olympus 150-400 f/4.5 omce available. (And to pay for it). Also 300 f/4 pf, 200 f/4 micro Nikkor, and a 300 f/4 Oly.

PM if interested.

Feb 2, 2021 10:02:05 #

hgrinolds

tca2267 wrote:

Hi..
Anyone have this lens "Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR Lens"
please tell me how you like it........

I have had the PF 500mm for a year. Excellent performance, much lighter than my 200-500 zoom monster. I use both a Z7 and D780. The 500 is a F mount and works flawlessly on both. I have put the TC 1.4 on each body and the result stays sharp with some additional focus hunting on difficult areas (sky, smoke, steam, very low contrast). I highly recommend the 500 PF.

Feb 2, 2021 10:25:04 #

photoman43

tca2267 wrote:

Hi..
Anyone have this lens "Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR Lens"
please tell me how you like it........

I have the 500mm f5.6 pf and love it. I got mine when it first came out. I use it a lot on my D 500 and D850. Most of the time I shoot it wide open at f5.6 or f6.3. I also use it with the Nikon 1.4x teleconverter. Great buy forthe money and it is not that heavy.

Feb 2, 2021 11:21:32 #

Indlovu Loc: Greenville, NC

Strodav wrote:

I have the 200-500mm f/5.6 and get good results with it, but everything I see and hear says I should sell it and buy the 500mm f/5.6 PF.

It depends on what you photograph. I go on safari in Southern Africa and have used Nikon 600 mm, Nikon 300 mm and Nikon 200-500, the prime lens where very excellent but limited on the picture framing. One time I had the eyeball of an elephant the next time the head of an impala. I found that the 200-500 worked the best. Just my experience.

Feb 2, 2021 11:31:05 #

tca2267 Loc: Florida

Thanks for the information.......

I also have the Tamron 100-400 [ which I have sent back to Tamron twice for calibration ] and I have the Nikon 200-500 .......I just can't get the "tack sharp" photos with the 200-500.....my wife says I am too "picky!"...

So I have been looking at the 500....do you have any photos you could share with me .......I would ove to see them..

Thanks

my e mail is : t22c67a@aol.com

Feb 2, 2021 12:57:42 #

dbfrancy

Purchased a 200-500 lens when I couldn't' get a 500mm f5.6 PF lens. The 200-500 is an excellent lens, but has not been on my camera once since I got the 500 5.6 PF. Just a real
pleasure to use, takes great images.

Feb 2, 2021 13:02:58 #

MG Audet

Strodav wrote:

I have the 200-500mm f/5.6 and get good results with it, but everything I see and hear says I should sell it and buy the 500mm f/5.6 PF.

I did (sell the 200 - 500mm) and bought the 500 mm pf. Love it -- sharp and fast on the D850.

Feb 2, 2021 13:49:21 #

Indlovu Loc: Greenville, NC

tca2267 wrote:

I have sent you two separate emails with photos attached. One is with a 600 mm prime and the other one with 200-500mm. It is from clarrypugh@msn.com. Anything else you need let me know

Feb 2, 2021 14:18:11 #

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

tca2267 wrote:

Hi..
Anyone have this lens "Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR Lens"
please tell me how you like it........

Love this lens, one of the best, I mount it on the D500 and D850.

Ring billed seagull
Ring billed seagull...

(Download)

Feb 2, 2021 21:25:01 #

jeffcisp

I have and use it often on my Nikon DX bodies, often with a TC-14EII. It's very light and hand-holdable; under proper conditions it will produce tack sharp images. (This image actually taken with D850 and TC-14EII; 25% of original central image; hand-held.)

Feb 3, 2021 13:37:43 #

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

Strodav wrote:

I have the 200-500mm f/5.6 and get good results with it, but everything I see and hear says I should sell it and buy the 500mm f/5.6 PF.

I have both. The 500pF is shorter and significantly lighter enabling this old, arthritic vet to catch BIF with ease!

Feb 3, 2021 18:13:45 #

tca2267 Loc: Florida

Thanks....

Are the photos "sharper?"

Do you have any samples I can see.......

My e mail in t22c67a@aol.com

Feb 4, 2021 07:22:07 #

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

tca2267 wrote:

Thanks....

Are the photos "sharper?"

Do you have any samples I can see.......

My e mail in t22c67a@aol.com

Yes they are, please go back to page one and look at my post of a Roseate Spoonbill. I could post more, but what point would that make, the Nikon 500mm 5.6 PF lens delivers, period, end of story.

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