Here are some more shots. We had an awesome afternoon and sunset today. Luckely I had some company in form of some bearded tits (lol). All handheld standing on the fence to reach over the reed.
410MM, f5.6, ISO 800, D7100
another superb shot. and a great looking bird, wonder what it is.
Disappointing thread on dpreview in nikon lens forum on how this lens performs with birds in flight.
Disappointing thread on dpreview in nikon lens forum on how this lens performs with birds in flight.
I haven't experienced anything like what he describes. I shoot D7200 and the 200-500 is better than both the tamron and sigma sport for me.
I use af-c all the time with back button focusing. I take BIF and stationary shots and leave the stabilizer on normal mode. I don't even bother limiting the focus range because it just works.
pretty quick drawn conclusions from ONE user report?
Question,
Will it perform good too on older body like D300s? Or much better with full frame?
I haven't experienced anything like what he describes. I shoot D7200 and the 200-500 is better than both the tamron and sigma sport for me.
I use af-c all the time with back button focusing. I take BIF and stationary shots and leave the stabilizer on normal mode. I don't even bother limiting the focus range because it just works.
Here are a few birds from my quick test this morning before the tourists turned up in the harbour. First impressions is that you can Hand Hold but not for too long. The image stabilising seems good but AF a tad slower than the 300/4PF which I would expect. Image quality looks ok and similar to D810 and 300/4PF.
Having the zoom range is great for birds, especially if you are restricted to a fixed position.
Neil.
Hong Kong,
October 2015