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| sent on 05 Febbraio 2021
Pros: Sharpness, integrated light screen, lightness, price, minimum focus distance, limiter, bokeh
Cons: Tendency to spoil (and lack on the lenscoat market or the like, you have to sew it yourself), slow and noisy non-HSM version (but with already better limiter), front/back focus, sharpness at long distances, uncomfortable AF/MF ring
Opinion: Needing a light telephoto lens for Nikon, to take anywhere, and that is "ready to use" quickly, I happened to have an offer for this lens that I took for less than 170 euros. I was until the last undecided whether to take this or the Nikon AF-s 300mm f/4 with a multiplier, but in the end the 4-5 times lower price convinced me. Unfortunately, such a lens has never been achieved in the Nikon house (I mean by autofocus), which Canon has and has been looking forward to for more than 20 years. I was also able to make comparisons with photos taken with the Canon 400mm f/5.6 and I have to say that what you read from the various tests is true. The sharpness of this low/medium distance lens is something astounding that I didn't even think of. Already from 5.6 is good, at f8 it is great. By the way the bokeh at 5.6 personally I like it. Unfortunately over high distances it shows its limits. it is also to be said that compared to the Canon it is a bit of a snail and is quite noisy, however with the limiter it allows you to go from infinite-6meters-infinite in just under a second, which for me is enough, given also the price of the lens. I also find the light screen very comfortable, I needed a backpack lens attached to the camera, which was "ready" just pulled out of the backpack and attach the lampshed (tried with different such as the sigma 150-500 or the 150-600) takes away several important seconds. the limiter is then very comfortable to reach while shooting freehand. less convenient instead is the ring to switch from autofocus to manual focus, put in a position that does not allow you to "switch" it while you photograph it. Another point in favor is the minimum focus distance at 1.60meters, which allows very good photos even to insects a little larger, such as butterflies, dragonflies, mantises, etc., which with a 150-500 I could almost never get acceptable results. The main sore point of this objective is the fact that the barrel unfortunately spoils with little, despite all the precautions taken. So I tried to search the web for a suitable lenscoat but I had to note that for this telephoto lens they never made any, so I had to arrange with my own hands (in the end less than 20 euros of special fabric is enough). Another small piece of information: suffers from f/b focus in a fairly heavy way, adjusted in the car anyway not by problems, mine has +16. In spite of everything I find it excellent as a second canvas, on those occasions when you need an excellent canvas to keep in the backpack, which is fine freehand and you can not take away heavy and uncomfortable targetses, such as for a walk in the mountains, or by boat or on other occasions. Highly recommended! |
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