Nikon 200-500/5.6 VR Lens....... post your photos!

RocketCowboy · Feb 14, 2017

Pete's experience is more authoritative than my own since his is real world shooting. Just confirming that mating the Kenko 1.4 TC up to the 200-500 with the D810 and autofocus still worked. The Kenko seems to work well with the Nikon lenses I've tried, where using the same Kenko TC with Tamron lenses (which was the reason I bought the thing) has produced no joy.

TKC_D500 · Feb 14, 2017

Thanks for the info. I'm going to pick it up when he gets back from vacation and give it a try.

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NVSteve · Feb 15, 2017

I went up to Olympic Park just outside of Park City, UT, last Sunday. They were holding the final day of competition for the U23 World Championships, specifically the ski jumping portion. I mostly stood directly in front of the jump, which was quite far from where they start at the top, but I could at least follow them all the way down unhindered. I think there were only about 30 spectators, which is sad, although I found out later that the big football game was that same day, so maybe everyone was too busy with that. I took about 3,000 frames too many, but it is what it is. The sun was right behind the jump, and the hill was mostly in shadow until the very bottom where it flattened out into the sun. VR was on the whole time & it is simply fantastic. Lens is far sharper than anything I was getting from my Tamron G1.

Top of the hill:

I had hundreds of these type of shots:

Half way down:

Preparing to land:

Landed-notice the flex in the skis

Slight biff at the bottom:

A few from the bottom of the hill:

Danno_RIP · Feb 15, 2017

I finally had an opportunity to use my 200-500. Had a chance to sit on the porch and do a bit of bird watching.

Blacktop · Feb 16, 2017

NVSteve said:
I went up to Olympic Park just outside of Park City, UT, last Sunday. They were holding the final day of competition for the U23 World Championships, specifically the ski jumping portion. I mostly stood directly in front of the jump, which was quite far from where they start at the top, but I could at least follow them all the way down unhindered. I think there were only about 30 spectators, which is sad, although I found out later that the big football game was that same day, so maybe everyone was too busy with that. I took about 3,000 frames too many, but it is what it is. The sun was right behind the jump, and the hill was mostly in shadow until the very bottom where it flattened out into the sun. VR was on the whole time & it is simply fantastic. Lens is far sharper than anything I was getting from my Tamron G1.

Top of the hill:

I had hundreds of these type of shots:

Half way down:

Preparing to land:

Landed-notice the flex in the skis

Slight biff at the bottom:

A few from the bottom of the hill:

Great shots. You certainly know what you're doing.:encouragement:

dh photography · Feb 16, 2017

First Click:

A Couple Heron Shots this AM:

dh photography · Feb 16, 2017

This lens will take a couple of trips to get the hang of. The focus is SO quiet, I almost thought it wasn't working. One thing is for sure ... it's SWEEEEET!

Blacktop · Feb 16, 2017

dh photography said:
This lens will take a couple of trips to get the hang of. The focus is SO quiet, I almost thought it wasn't working. One thing is for sure ... it's SWEEEEET!

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Nice shots. Congrats on the new lens. Just watch the hood. It falls off if you're not careful.

dh photography · Feb 16, 2017

Blacktop said:
Nice shots. Congrats on the new lens. Just watch the hood. It falls off if you're not careful.

Thanks, Pete! Wish I was testing her out at the M&G. I'll watch that hood issue. Don't use one often, but that would be annoying at the very least.

RocketCowboy · Feb 18, 2017

Maybe not the typical use of this lens, but the light wasn't working well while testing with the TC14III, so I decided to turn around from the birds and make an image with Lisa and our pup Lily instead.

captain birdseye · Feb 18, 2017

There should be no problem with the hood if you pay attention to the white markers printed on it.
As long as clicks firmly in to place it will stay there.
It can be a little tricky to fit with cold or gloved hands though.

RocketCowboy · Feb 18, 2017

captain birdseye said:
There should be no problem with the hood if you pay attention to the white markers printed on it.
As long as clicks firmly in to place it will stay there.
It can be a little tricky to fit with cold or gloved hands though.

Agreed. I've not had it come off once locked in place, but the trick is making sure it's locked. Granted, I'm not walking through brush to get the shoot, so nothing is hitting on my lens.

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