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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5.6E PF ED VR

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Product Overview

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5.6E PF ED VR is a super telephoto prime lens for Nikon F-mount. It covers the full-frame image circle. Introduced by Nikon in 2018, it has 19 elements in 11 groups. Compared to the f/4 version, it trades 1 stop of light for a much lower, albeit still high, price point.
For incremental weathers, Nikon is kind enough to include weather sealing.
As a super telephoto prime lens, the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5.6E PF ED VR is a specialty instrument best suited for professional sports and wild-life photographers. Built-in image stabilization is almost a must-have at this focal range, and this lens does not disappoint on this front. Owners will also like the available tripod collar.

Ratings

What we found

Neofiliac score 50%
Pros
  • Optically stabilized
  • Weather-sealed
  • Comes with a tripod collar
  • Great optical performance
  • Solid build
Cons
  • Dark maximum aperture
  • Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
  • On the heavy side

What external reviewers found

External score 75%
Pros
  • Good image stabilization
  • High quality metal/plastic construction
  • Weather sealed metal lens-mount
Cons
  • Slow focus-turning
  • No zoom lock at 200mm

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External Reviews

cameralabs[1]

Reviewer score 75% (normalized by Neofiliac)
Reviewers from cameralabs have found:
From Nikon there’s the AF-S 80-400mm f4.5-5.6D ED VRii. At 500mm focal length the lens focuses in around 1 sec from infinity to 5m, which is slow. One reason is that the lens starts searching in the wrong direction (beyond infinity) before turning around.
Pros
  • High quality metal/plastic construction
  • Good image stabilization
  • Weather sealed metal lens-mount
Cons
  • Slow focus-turning
  • No zoom lock at 200mm

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References

  1. ^ Nikon 200-500mm f5.6E VR review. [cameralabs].

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