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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 785635" data-attributes="member: 50197">Well, the FedEx truck showed up a short while ago and delivered a huge box. Yep the Nikon 200-500 F6E ED VR from B&H had arrived. I eagerly unboxed and mounted it up to my Z5 with the FTZ adater. I was a little nervous that the lens might not perform as well with the adapter as a native mount body. I shouldn't have worried. I went outside and stalked some backyard wildlife before the rain set in, or my wife might need me. First impression:It's a big boy. Looks like I'm going to need a bigger camera bag. Seriously, my current bag will hold this lens and little else. It's heavy as well. Not a huge problem, but I wouldn't want to let the lens hang on the body unsupported much. Not sure my daughter will like this lens simply because of the size and weight. AF seems to work well. If you are anywhere near the focus point, it is fast and quiet. No idea yet on how well it will track on a moving animal, such as a bird in flight. VR seems to work very well. The Z5 has IBIS, and the lens has VR. I used the normal VR mode on the lens and IBIS on in the body, and was very impressed with performance. The picture I posted was shot at 500mm and 1/60 sec shutter speed. It is very sharp IMO.Sharpness and contrast seem to be quite good from just looking at a couple of pictures. So far, I am quite happy about this lens. It seems like a really good bang for the buck. Not in the same class a some of the fast, primes, but they are pretty much out of my price range. The first picture was full sized. The second was heavily cropped to show sharpness. OK, looking at the lower rez JPGs, they don't look that sharp. The full resolution images are quite sharp. These were shot full open aperture. When I get a chance I will shoot some stopped down to F8 or F11 and see how they look in comparison.[ATTACH=full]376499[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]376500[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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