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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 542490" data-attributes="member: 24285"><p>I went into McBain's Camera in Edmonton to look at these two long lens to upgrade from my aging Tamron 200-400.&nbsp; I was talked into the 200-500 Nikkor 5.6.&nbsp; had not really had that one on my radar as at 200-500 is is shorter on both ends of that spectrum and was there really that much of an F-difference at the long end - how much is half a stop of light eh?&nbsp; Anyway.&nbsp; Put all three onto my D610 and shot some pedestrians walking across the street.&nbsp; Now I was shooting through the shops windows.&nbsp; But that was the same for all three.&nbsp; Anyway the Tamron had the poorest A.F. performance of the three by a noticeable margin.&nbsp; It was also the cheapest by a nice margin.&nbsp; If price was the driver I'd have come home with the Tarmon.&nbsp; Sigma was good.&nbsp; It also includes a USB dock for an extra hundred.&nbsp; BUT the Nikkor was hands down the better of the three.&nbsp; It was also a hundred more than the Sigma.&nbsp;&nbsp; We did go for lunch and googled up reviews before heading back to the store to buy this big lens.&nbsp; I was impressed by the reviews.&nbsp; All get favourable reviews but my read was that the Nikon heads this pack up even if it is shorter on both ends.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 542490, member: 24285"] I went into McBain's Camera in Edmonton to look at these two long lens to upgrade from my aging Tamron 200-400. I was talked into the 200-500 Nikkor 5.6. had not really had that one on my radar as at 200-500 is is shorter on both ends of that spectrum and was there really that much of an F-difference at the long end - how much is half a stop of light eh? Anyway. Put all three onto my D610 and shot some pedestrians walking across the street. Now I was shooting through the shops windows. But that was the same for all three. Anyway the Tamron had the poorest A.F. performance of the three by a noticeable margin. It was also the cheapest by a nice margin. If price was the driver I'd have come home with the Tarmon. Sigma was good. It also includes a USB dock for an extra hundred. BUT the Nikkor was hands down the better of the three. It was also a hundred more than the Sigma. We did go for lunch and googled up reviews before heading back to the store to buy this big lens. I was impressed by the reviews. All get favourable reviews but my read was that the Nikon heads this pack up even if it is shorter on both ends. [/QUOTE]

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