Hi,
a few months back, I was at a promotion day organised by Nikon and a local photo shop in a zoo.
I could try several lenses, among them the 200-500.
The nice thing was, I could compare the 200-500 with my Sigma 150-600 C lens.
1 150-600 lens by
Ad v.d. Biggelaar, on Flickr
Taken at 600 mm; F6.3; 1/320e
2 200-500 mm lens by
Ad v.d. Biggelaar, on Flickr
Taken at 500 mm; F5.6; 1/500e
3 200-500 mm lens + 1.4 extender by
Ad v.d. Biggelaar, on Flickr
Taken with 1.4x extender attached to the 200-500 lens, so at 700 mm; F8; 1/800e
4 150-600 lens by
Ad v.d. Biggelaar, on Flickr
Taken at 600 mm; F6.3; 1/100e
5 200-500 lens by
Ad v.d. Biggelaar, on Flickr
Taken at 500 mm; F8; 1/500e
6 150-600 C lens by
Ad v.d. Biggelaar, on Flickr
Taken at 550 m; F6.3; 1/500e
7 200-500 lens by
Ad v.d. Biggelaar, on Flickr
Taken at 480 mm; F8; 1/500e
The Nikon lens was a nice lens to play with, but for me no reason to change from my Sigma to the Nikon.
I'm still happy with my Sigma 150-60 Contemporary.
But still, a very good afternoon. Very nice to feel the quality of the Nikon lens and compare it to my own lens.
Not to forget to mention, AF was still very good with my Kenko 1.4 extender attached at the Nikon lens.
Which isn't working if attached at my Sigma at 600 mm.
Ad B