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Yeah I know that but unless you are a professional - 3 x better ? it's surely then got to be a lotttttttttt better
It was E-fin that let me down and dragged the process outE-infinity have them back in stock, be quick they sell out fast.
I've edited what you wrote. Perhaps the question isn't so difficult now?
It went for full retail valueNot long left now, I can’t imagine it’ll sell for much less than retail.
'Supply & demand' ...It went for full retail value
What was the price ... it's gone?
Weird, site said it wasn't when I checked
Blimey. MPB have just offered me £2100 for mine!
Thankfully the weight of the 500 G is what has stopped me cancelling the order. Knowing what I know now if I could turn back the clock to December I wouldn't be swapping systems. The D850/D500 are great but the lenses have left me very disappointed. The Nikon 24-70 is no match for my old Canon 24-70 F2.8 Mk2. The 16-35 F4 and Tamron 15-35 F2.8 G2 aren't on the same page as my Canon 16-35 F4 was. The Nikon 200-500 also doesn't stack up very well against my Canon 100-400 Mk2 (haven't tried the Nikon 80-400 but most people seem to prefer the 200-500 anyway). The Nikon 70-200 F2.8 is the only lens that I don't feel like I've lost anything over the Canon 70-200 F2.8 Mk2. I'm just hoping the 500 PF turns out to be as good as most people make it out to be and pray that another 24-70 comes along that offers better quality at the wide end than the one that I have.
Gary
Morning, seems to have gone a bit quiet in here, everyone still happy with the lens?
I'm thinking about one but then keep changing me mind
Anyone use it with the mk3 1.4 tele? I'm fairly sure I'll miss the 600mm I've got used to with the Sigma c.
Is there still a wait?, anyone bought one recently? A few suppliers claim to have stock but I seem to remember reading that wasn't the case once ordered, cheers
I have a 1.4 (iii) tc but have never liked the output with this attached
Did you try Panamoz Adam? showing as 'in stock' as are LCE.
That was when I nearly bought one from them but since then they have gone up to £3300 due to exchange rate taking a hammering I guessGot mine from Panamoz in March at £3,100, not had a chance to use it properly as yet!
GC
all depends on if it represents good value for money for you
If it's anything as good as the 300PF was for me then it will be brilliant, even with the latest 1.4 attached.This is my biggest fear Mike, spending the money is the easy bit, I just wish I wasn't so happy with the sigma
but this thread spring back to life has got me thinking about it again (thanks guys!! )
My thinking is I can now sell my 300 PF too and change that for a 70-200 FL and my main bag would consist of 70-200FL / 500PF and 1.4 TC III if I think I may do some macro or landscape I can take 70-200FL / 500PF / 105 Macro / 20mm 1.8 and 1.4 TC III
I now have a 500PF and 70-200FL after selling 200-500 and. 300PF, the 500 PF is lovely and just so small and neat, light to hold as you know. What you loose is versitilty of zoom and with the TC it works but tryong to calibrate which I do with all lenses it fails with the TC-14E III which surprised me but just bear this in mind its at f8 and FoCAL does not like it, the unbuild worked and it does operate but just a warning.Thought I'd bump this thread up again
I'm currently running a D850 200-500 and was looking to upgrade to the 500PF......I also thought through all the combinations and came to the out come that the best option might be to sell my 70-200 f4 and upgrade to the 70-200 FL and add in a 1.4tele to cover the bottom range and use the 500mm PF with 1.4 tele to cover the top range.............
My main questions would mainly be about sharpness and softness in the out of focus areas.......I think sharpness has been answered somewhat and I have read its up there with the top primes.....But how do people feel it compares to the 500 f4 out of focus areas?
Cheers
I have not had it long os not even tried with tele yet to be fair, they are both excellent but you do pay for it and like most photography it’s exponential curve so is it worth 3x price of 200-500 not in quality terms but portability wins it over for me, dont get me wrong some of my fave pics I took with 200-500 and D500 but I love the 500PF and don’t regret buyingYeah, knew 500PF would be f8 with tele added, but for those times when you need the extra range it would be ok. I also guessed the the D850 would be ok with its auto focus with this combo. Will probably just calibrate by hand for the tele.
What does the 70-200 handle like with the tele added and is the quality still as good as people say, I'm pretty picky ;-)
I recently got the 70-200 mm f2.8 fl and gave it a run out last week with the 1.4iii shooting fast moving red kites at gigrin
It was superb, both af and iq on both a d500 and d5, highly recommended, and I too am pretty picky about IQ
Mike