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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 605019" data-attributes="member: 24285">Coming to the party late, but great choice.I went long lens hunting last year.&nbsp; Had an old 200-400 Tamron and wanted better.&nbsp; Looked at the Tammy, Siggy and Nikon.&nbsp; Bought the 200-500 after trying all three on my D610.&nbsp; Now also have a D7100 and my 200-500 pretty much lives on the D7100.&nbsp; I also have a Kenko 300 1.4 TC and it works fine on either camera, but I can hear the focusing mechanism working in the D7100 - no similar sound out of the D610. Been told not to worry about it.&nbsp; Both cameras manage well with the TC.&nbsp; Yes you lose a stop of light.&nbsp; And A.F. is slowed, in some situations - or so I'm told.&nbsp; It does add a nice bit of reach to the 200-500 on both cameras.&nbsp; But it isn't necessary.&nbsp; With your mega pixels you can just crop-a-lot.&nbsp; I did find that for hiking I like my big lens on a monopod with a gimbal head.&nbsp; Went for the Jobu Design BWG Micro Gimbal.&nbsp; It does need a good ballhead as it is a ballhead adaptor not true gimbal but works very nicely on top of my monopod.&nbsp; For quick walks and grab and shoots, hand held is fine.&nbsp; And a good strap (attached to the lens not the camera) will make hiking nicer.&nbsp; [ATTACH]244241[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 605019, member: 24285"] Coming to the party late, but great choice. I went long lens hunting last year. Had an old 200-400 Tamron and wanted better. Looked at the Tammy, Siggy and Nikon. Bought the 200-500 after trying all three on my D610. Now also have a D7100 and my 200-500 pretty much lives on the D7100. I also have a Kenko 300 1.4 TC and it works fine on either camera, but I can hear the focusing mechanism working in the D7100 - no similar sound out of the D610. Been told not to worry about it. Both cameras manage well with the TC. Yes you lose a stop of light. And A.F. is slowed, in some situations - or so I'm told. It does add a nice bit of reach to the 200-500 on both cameras. But it isn't necessary. With your mega pixels you can just crop-a-lot. I did find that for hiking I like my big lens on a monopod with a gimbal head. Went for the Jobu Design BWG Micro Gimbal. It does need a good ballhead as it is a ballhead adaptor not true gimbal but works very nicely on top of my monopod. For quick walks and grab and shoots, hand held is fine. And a good strap (attached to the lens not the camera) will make hiking nicer. [ATTACH=CONFIG]244241._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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