grandpaw wrote:
I have a Tamron 150-600G1 version and they have the Nikon 200-500mm on Black Friday sale and I am tempted to purchase the Nikon. How much difference would the quality of my images be by moving to the Nikon? Is it worth the upgrade?
I just got another 200-500 after selling my first version last summer. The sharpness at 500 is measurably better than the Tamron.
In addition, the Nikon 200-500 has an electronic aperture, this insures all exposures are the same when shooting at a high frame per second rate. My Nikon D500 can shoot at 10 fps. and all exposures are the same, that cannot be said for the Tamron.
In addition, the Nikon is f5.6 throughout it's zoom range, that is a NO for the Tamron.
In addition, the Nikon is SHARPER throughout it's zoom range than the Tamron, especially at the 500mm setting, which is what you will be using on wildlife most of the time.
If this is not enough to convince you, it's a Nikon, and, it gets better reviews than the Tamron. You can see them for yourself on line or B&H.
And lastly, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, it won't be on sale for ever.
Oh, one last thing, you can get the Nikon for 1,096.95 from B&H during the sale, my older 200-500 sold for 1,000.00 (I also got that one on sale for 1,100) after I used it for three years. You will not get that kind of resale on the Tamron.
So, once again I have to ask, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR. Unless your just posting to post, in that case, NEVER MIND.