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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 E ED VR : Specifications and Opinions

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 E ED VR

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 E ED VR

The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 E ED VR is a supertele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2015. The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1419 €;

151 users have given it an average vote of 9.5 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Nikon F: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Nikon.

Specifications
Focal lenght	200-500 mm
Angle of view	12.4 - 5°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/5.6
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	19 elements in 12 groups
Min. focus distance	2.20 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.22x
Features
Zoom type	Ring, external
Stabilization	Yes (built in lens)
Focus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	Yes
Extenders	Yes
Filters	95 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	No
Weight	2300 g
Dimensions	108 x 268 mm
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Marcello Caloro

sent on February 23, 2024

Pros: Price, stabilization, image quality.

Cons: Weight, some inaccuracies on AF.

Opinion: I've been using it for camera hunting, mounted on a D.7500, for almost two years. The color rendering is excellent, the AF is very fast, the VR is amazing. Impeccable quality with apertures from 7.1 upwards, better to avoid 5.6. In good light conditions it gives its best. The weight recommends using it with a solid monopod. In short, a good goal.

Lupaccio58

sent on March 19, 2023

Pros: Excellent VR, excellent sharpness, price, maximum constant aperture on all focal lengths

Cons: engineering, tripod mount foot

Opinion: I arrive good last to have my say on this lens that, thanks to the decidedly very low price, has had a huge success and has brought many fans closer to the world of long fires. You immediately appreciate the extremely efficient VR (shooting at 1/125 is to be considered a standard), a pleasant brilliance of colors and excellent sharpness. It is a lens with the right weight for that range of focal lengths but this weight is poorly distributed, passing from 200 to 500 the lens lengthens and not a little making everything not very harmonious and above all not very stable. And again, the zoom ring - although very precise - is too demultiplied and this makes it slow, you have to turn a lot to go from minimum to maximum focal length. Personally I have equipped my zoommon with neoprene cover (solid color or camouflage does the same, the important thing is to protect it), a 95 Sigma Protector filter (excellent both mechanically and optically even if extremely expensive), an excellent carrying case (Nikon provides an indecent bag equal to that of the fifty, only longer. On Amazon you will find an excellent JJC Lens at 22 euros, in case contact me and send you the link) and above all to collar with Arca Swiss attack (a nice aluminum iShoot collar always taken on Amazon, 52 euros and pass the fear!). Yes, because Nikon still provides the foot with the anachronistic old attack that no one uses anymore. I forgot, the hood is really light and I proceeded to cover it internally with black velvet adhesive paper. Put on in this way, the 200-500 becomes extremely competitive and attractive while maintaining an absolutely unapproachable value for money. Of course, the 500 PF is even sharper and swings freehand in a much better way but... It costs almost three times as much and doesn't have the versatility of a zoom! And finally let's talk about the dilemma that always haunts those who think of this lens: excluding a priori the Sigma 150-600 Contemporary which is nothing special, is it better the Nikon 200-500 or the Sigma 150-600 Sport? So let's say once and for all that the Nikon is very very good but that the Sport is a little better on all focal lengths. The problem is that the Sport can only be used on a tripod (and of course with a nice Gimbal head) while with the Nikon - if you are robust - some hand shots you can do it. So in the shed or in any case fixed position the Sport, for everything else the Nikon, especially if coupled with the superlative D500. Then, of course, do as you please...

Appru67

sent on February 07, 2023

Pros: versatility; Super VR; sharpness; constant diaphragm; tripod collar; price that makes it unmissable, especially on used

Cons: heavy, long, uncomfortable, does not hold up very well the TC

Opinion: I bought it used, complete with tc 14eII, at a price that I would call almost ridiculous, and it was practically brand new, it had almost never taken. It's my first 500mm: first I used for birdlife and photo hunting the 70-200 2.8 FL with tc (14, 17, 20), then I found this and I took it. The sharpness is not at the level of 70-200 fluorite, also duplicated, but for the price it has it is fine. Smooth the sharpness is very good, even if at 500mm it drops a little. It does not suffer from aberration. Excellent fact of having a constant diaphragm, unlike others; F5.6 is however a bit "dark", and must be used in good light. The VR is nothing short of spectacular, perhaps the best I have ever tried (even in comparison to that of fluorite), 5 stops of recovery are safe and this is fine considering that the diaphragm is 5.6. It's very heavy, long (when extended) and uncomfortable: I wouldn't take it up and down a mountain, but it's good for photo hunting from stalking in the swamp with tripod, for example. The Af is extraordinary, fast and accurate and does not lose the subject: I used it on D5, D850 and Z9 and on the latter in particular it is further improved. It suffers a bit from the Tc. It should be considered that on Dslr, for the Af, you can only use the Tc14 (it becomes an f8 in practice), otherwise with Tc17 and Tc20 it starts to go to the ball; on Ml instead you can use all, as far as the Af is concerned. To get maximum sharpness, however, it is better not to exasperate. Although, considering that the Tc20, becomes a "1000mm", maybe you can pass over it...

Clarenz

sent on June 22, 2022

Pros: sharpness, versatility, VR

Cons: bracket, hood

Opinion: I bought it from the store attracted by the competitive price also for the second-hand market but already having the excellent 80-400 of the G series I thought I would resell it immediately after trying it a little but until I sold the 80-400 and I still do not feel the lack. I was favorably amazed at the efficiency of the stabilizer and the sharpness of the lens at maximum aperture. The only sore points but that justify the price so low for a lens of this level: lack of tropicalization, hood and bracket unproposable.

Fiummy

sent on May 02, 2022

Pros: Price, sharp, robust, anti-atomic stabilizer.

Cons: Zoom ring excursion, AF.

Opinion: Being my first and only supertele I can not pronounce on comparisons with others. But I appreciate this as sharpness, silence and robustness. The AF does its dirty work but sometimes it gets lost not finding the right way. The excursion of the zoom ring requires more "turns" to go from 200 to 500 and vice versa and, in case of photographic hunting, you have to settle for the times that the action requires. The stabilizer is scary, almost like that of the TAMRON SP 70-300 but much quieter. For the price of the new, the image quality is unparalleled. I used it for the first time in the swamp cabin, diaphragm between 7 and 9 and I must say that the images came wonderfully sharp. I'm an amateur and that's fine with me.

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