The Swallow is a Female Northern Roughed-winged Swallow.
I have both of these lenses and use them with a D850, D500 and D800E. They are different lenses and use them for different purposes. First, 200-500mm is a zoom lens and is bigger and heavier than the prime 500mm PF. Both have the same maximum aperture at f/5.6. The 500mm sells for $3,600 and the 200-500mm for $1,400. You can draw your own conclusion about quality regarding materials, insulation against rain, sand, wind etc.
For birds, in any kind of situation, I use the 500mm because you can never have enough focal length for birds usually on the D500 to maximize the subject size in the viewfinder for better and faster autofocus. For other subjects such as kids, people, domestic animals, landscapes, etc the 200-500mm will give you a better focal range without need to change lenses.
The 500mm is a sharper than the 200-500mm even though the 200-500mm lens is very sharp; just the 500mm is superb.
I have way too many long lenses, 600mm f/4, 200-400mm f/4, 80-400mm, etc and it crossed my mind to sell one of them and the 200-500mm may be sold very soon. Never crossed my mind to sell the 500mm PF.
Which one you buy, depends on your budget,purpose of using your lens and what other lenses you may own.
Walking with the lens, the 500mm is lighter and smaller and easier to handle.
You can rent both lenses for a week and then you can decide which one to keep.
For me itis the 500mm PF
This is old but still great!!!
The second one; ON1 version, definitely!
The difference is with the kind of XQD cards you use.
I bought a new G series XQD card and another used one G series again.
My Sony XQD USB Adapter would read them fine.
Then I bought 3 used Sony S series XQD cards (older XQD model) and the above reader would not read them or transfer or show them in any way.
After some research, I found the reader that would read both the S and the G series XQD cards. It is the following model
XQD/SD Card Reader - MRW-E90 Supports high-speed data transfer via SuperSpeed USB (USB3.1 Gen 1).
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1219034-REG/sony_mrwe90_bc1_xqd_sd_card_reader.html?fromDisList=yThe above link is from B & H but they claim it is discontinued. I found one either on Amazon or Ebay and it reads both the G & the S series cards.
So first of all, check what series cards you have and then go from there.
Really funny! I did not anticipate the last two sentences; it caught me by surprise.
The last one is the only one that appeals to me. The colors on the first two look very flat and uninteresting; well done with the monochrome!
I use the Nikon Z 50 with the two kit lenses and I am very happy with the size of the camera and quality of the photos.
I second APS in Morton Grove, IL!
Very funny! As good as yesterday's post about "Golf shot description".
Very funny for any golfer! Best laugh all day!
I wonder how non-golfers and politically correct people feel about it?