Also, am I the only guy who's never had to fine tune a lens? Am I lucky or blind?
i played with one for a week, (200-500mm) weight for me was large negative factor. For what i do i will stick with my tamron 150-600mm.
The Nikon AF'-S 200-500mm.
I'm at work now so I'll add more thoughts later. Just getting the ball rolling
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yes, i am 71 years old an for me it makes a large difference.tammy 4.3lbs
nikon 5.075 lbs
does 3/4 of a pound matter that much?
I can get a nice used one for under a grand. A new one is 1400 at Nikon. You must be thinking about the 300mm f/2.8 maybe?Since I have the 200-500, I'll plead its case. On FX, you have 200-500. On DX, it's 300-750. That's a lot of flexibility. In the 6 weeks I've owned it (shooting mainly FX since I just got the 7200), I've shot from 300-500 on a single outing. Try that with a prime. Plus, cost is $2500 for the 300 plus TC vs $1400 for the 200-500.
Also, am I the only guy who's never had to fine tune a lens? Am I lucky or blind?
Who are you kidding Pete buddy? Lol Your more of a zoom guy from what I've seen my friend! I don't think you'd like being restricted to one focal length without changing the lens! So I am voting for a Zoom for ya buddy, because I can't afford to buy this particular prime from you outright when you get frustrated, with it's lacking more focal lengths! Lol
The 300 f/4.
If not needed you can always shoot without the TC and have focus at f/4 which makes a serious difference when birding (or tracking whatever) + you only need to fine-tune focus at one length while you probably require different values for the 200-500mm range.
And you can use the TC on other lenses too.
I'm liking the versatility if the 200-500mm. VR is not that important to me , but it is nice to have.
The 300mm prime is one really sharp assed lens though, even with the 1.4 TC.
This is going to take some heavy thinking about. I still have not totally ruled out the Sigma 150-600-C lens yet
Edit to the last post
Most of the time 600mm isnt long enough
What are you using now for a long lens?
Are you using the AF-S or the older version. I hear the older one is slower to focus.I'm using the 300mm f/4 on the D7200 and am quite satisfied with the combo but I hardly bird these days. Else I might have considered adding the TC1.4.