The August news from Nikon attracted a wave of interest law. Pětikilo at F5.6 aperture over 41,000? That sounds pretty good, considering that the Nikon 80-400 / 4.5-5.6 goes to 68,000. But who the hell is good, I tried it in May, and before that I've reviewed here. The price difference sedmdvaceti thousand, it is hardly believe not. But beyond that surely no need to cry, it is mainly the disposal of high-quality lens for the price, which in today's circumstances is not exorbitant.

What is and who it is intended
It dlouhoohniskový zoom with a range of 200 to 500 mm and a maximum aperture of F5.6 throughout the zoom range. Its stabilization promises to keep below 4.5 EV, a table-some twenty-fifth out of hand, it is a fairy tale from the nut of the Queen Mab, I adhered to the principle shutter speed, twice, four times more than the numerical expression of the outbreak. Highest aperture 32, the slats 9 are having a circular cross section. Inside are 19 members in 12 groups, 3 the ED. The blade of 2.20, ultra sonic blades, sharpening is purely internal, but when you zoom length increases.It measures 108 mm in peace on the breadth and length is 268 mm filter thread 95 mm. There tripod collar, pretty solid, the lens can be good for him to hold. Well pit at the end - weighs 2300 g.

It is thus very dlouhoohniskový lens can be extended by using extender. It will be appreciated especially by hunters without weapons. For sports photography of a particular type of course is also suitable, however, for sport does not always need to focus so long, it depends on the kind of sport.But true to the animals, the longer the better - but I deal with it too soon went to the Prague Zoo.Competitors will Tamron and Sigma 150-600. It Sigma is even harder with his 2860 grams, Tamron weighs less, 1950 g, both are on the long side of the aperture F6.3, ie about 1/3 less. Sigma is more expensive Tamron cheaper ... is over what to worry about.

How does it also
is therefore really hard, and monopod is definitely an essential accessory. It has two rings, the wider the farther zooming - from county to county's 180 degrees, it takes a really hard time, extra zoom comes pretty tough. However, it is the fact that it was a completely new lens. The ring is fitted with a fuse that is not in practice have really not likely to be by itself on the march. Narrow ring can be sharpened even when the autofocus is activated.

Controls are four. One switch over to manual focus, the other outlining the focus distance, thus limiting from 6 m to infinity or the full range, turns on the third and final stabilization to switch the type of stabilization, normal or sporty, allowing panning.

The lens I tried on three cameras. It is designed for the FX and DX device, so that the D800 and D750, and D7100. The model D750 worked a little better. Not that he was slow to D800, D750 but was actually a fabulously fast. The focus was a little problem with the extender attached. Certainly, with a 1.4x extender on the DX device we find ourselves 50mm above the equivalent of a meter, but it takes a lot of bright light and contrast objects to autofocus caught. I did not have enough time to Elaboration, but still it was clear that D750 cope with extender better than the D800. The drawing is very good already at full aperture - all in all, she usually follows the animals also. Sharpness keeps very good from F5.6 to F16, a larger aperture probably do not have much sense, F22 is much withered and F32 somehow unusable. This observation I confirmed outbreaks at 200, 300 mm and 500 mm. So I photographed mainly at F5.6, ie at full aperture, or at F8.0.

The approach is considerable. To illustrate, here is a comparison - the image on the left is the focus of 90 mm, right 500, to be seen what they can expect from the case.

And even more clearly: top left 24 mm, 70 mm to the right, below 500 mm.

Here is a glimpse into the aviary at 24 mm.

From the same place, the focus of 70 mm.

Thirdly shot DX, a Nikon D7100, 500 times outbreak extension factor extender times = 700 mm extension crop Factor = 1050 mm. On a click you will see the full-size image.

So for devices with DX chip (the smaller APS-C) is a very useful focal length, with the proviso that it is cut with much less resolution than the Nikon DX modern. Until now, the computer I realized that even on the D800, D750 I possibly could set the DX and I had the advantage of a narrower angle of view - and the luxury of a large fullframového looking into the viewfinder. This would therefore recommend to try.

Summary
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500 mm F5.6 ED VR is a prime lens with a long-focus, excellent brightness and excellent price - performance. It would need a more substantial exploration, but when compared to reference images from Nikon and Tamron 80-400 150-600 leads a result of this lens very well. Colleague Jaroslav Kortus (see Makofoto), author of the excellent and very thorough review, now a long lens tested and I'm very curious to see the result. The price for the quality is excellent. The lens is very difficult and I would say that it is really useful primarily for hunting without weapons. Africa I would like to take on hobbies for cautious to Hořovic I'd rather vote for 70-300. Samples:

Nikon D750
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Nikon D750  - zoom range
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Nikon D750 - left 500, right 500 plus 1.4 extender
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