Nikon AF-S 200-500/5,6 E ED VR

Harrison Cameras provided a great service, I placed the order on a Thursday and the Nikon Lens was delivered securely packaged the following day! There was a shortage of stock availability nation wide for this lens even Nikon had no stock, but luckily I was able to secure one with Harrison Cameras, so really pleased all round. Thank you.

I use this lens mainly for photographing aircraft with a D780 body. While the lens and camera is a large 'unit' with the VR it handles well and the zoom range is excellent around an airfield.

I mostly use this lens for aviation photography. It's acceptably sharp from corner to corner wide open - and very sharp from f8. Autofocus is accurate, but not super-fast. VR is very effective. Don't worry about the plastic construction - the build quality is great. Shame the tripod collar/foot isn't Arca-Swiss compatible and boasts just one meagre 1/4 inch thread. Not enough for a lens of this size and weight. I'll invest in a third party replacement.

This is a very sharp lens. It's perfectly sharp across the frame wide open and firms up at f8. Although it weighs in at over 2kg, it handles well. Focus is accurate and adequately fast. Stabilisation is very effective. Zoom action is smooth, but you can't get from 200 to 500mm in one twist - guessing money has been saved on the zoom cams. Build quality is good - the modern plastics are quite impressive. My only gripe if the tripod foot. There's no Arca Swiss rails - and only one piddly 1/4 inch thread - not enough for a lens this size. Guess I'll have to invest in an aftermarket replacement collar and foot.

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