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9/25/2015

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So I was the first person to receive a Nikon 200-500 f/5.6E lens here in North Dakota, which is pretty awesome considering how photogenic our wildlife is here! 
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @500mm, f/6.3, 1/4000, ISO 800
This was also my first outing with my new D4s as well! It has been super impressive so far, better even than my D4, as unbelievable as that sounds. 

It was really interesting using such a long lens, even longer than my 200-400 f/4 (which I will have a couple comparisons here).
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 w/1.4x teleconverter @ 700mm, f/8, 1/4000, ISO 2000
I was very impressed with the performance of the lens, even wide open at f/5.6, and I was just as impressed with the wide open performance at f/8 when it is paired with a 1.4x teleconverter! Here are a couple quick sample photos comparing between the 200-500 and 200-400,  both on my D4. Ubiquitous Prairie Dog shots! 
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Nikon D4, 200-500@500, f/5.6, 1/2500, ISO 800
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near-100% crop of wide-open 200-500
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Nikon D4, 200-400 f/4@5.6, 1/2000, ISO 800
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near-100% crop from 200-400
Very impressive. If I only did wildlife I would seriously consider getting rid of my 200-400, but we will see how the 200-500 does during hockey season before I make that decision. 

I am very impressed by its performance wide-open, as shown above, as well as the color rendition and contrast. Even though it is only f/5.6 you can see that the bokeh is still very nice, more than good enough to help remove any distracting elements in the background. 

Next up are some bison shots taken with the 200-500 with my Nikon 1.4x teleconverter. Personally I have the latest version, the version 3, but I'm sure that the version 2 will perform very well as well, as long as you have a camera capable of focusing at f/8, which my D4s did beautifully. 
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Nikon D4s, 200-500w/1.4x@700mm, f/9, 1/2000, ISO 1600
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @ 500mm, f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO 800
And of course the horse photos! Because wild horses are awesome, and more unique than bison, for me at least. Some of my favorite photos from the whole group. 
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @ 290mm, f/6.3, 1/4000, ISO 800
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @500, f/5.6, 1/8000, ISO 1600
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @ f/6.3, 1/2500, ISO 800
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @ 500, f/5.6, 1/2500, ISO 800
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @ 500, f/5.6, 1/3200, ISO 800
I also had a lot of fun doing landscapes with the 200-500, as well. Really interesting seeing the compression in the field of view. 
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @ 500, f/5.6, 1/8000, ISO 1600
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @ 200, f/8, 1/2500, ISO 800
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Nikon D4s, 200-500 @ 500, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 500
Last photo. This is more of an impression of the D4s than the 200-500, but I am super impressed with how well the camera performs at higher ISO. If you hadn't noticed most of the shots in this post were above ISO 800, because it is a relatively slow lens at f/5.6. I felt comfortable with that because the camera does amazingly there. Great colors, exceptional sharpness and clarity, even at higher ISOs. This next shot was after sunset by about 20 minutes, in the shade, at 500mm, with an f/5.6 lens, and it looks awesome. I have an 8x12 print of it and you can barely tell it is more than iso 800. Madness. 
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 Here is a link to the image on flickr, since they don't have any compression like my website does here. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/crimson_wolf/21414554460/in/dateposted-public/

I love it. Definitely one of my favorite photos of a deer that I have taken.

Anyways, thanks for reading! I'll have another post with other photos from the park, as well as a few posts with images from my week in Colorado, already a month ago. I have been working on my timelapse project for the past month, so the blog and images got put on the back burner. I'll try to get a couple posts out this weekend and next week .

​And a bonus picture of me using the 200-500, taken by my lovely wife. And a picture of her too, taken with the 200-500!
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Thanks!

Kevin Fedde
Fedde Studios
8 Comments
Jeremy link
9/27/2015 09:54:25 pm

Kevin, how does the AF hold up as in acquisition?
How do you think it will fair at hockey or other action sports?

:)

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Kevin Fedde link
9/27/2015 11:58:59 pm

Hey Jeremy,

I think that it is slightly slower on initial acquisition versus something like a 70-200 or 200-400. That was just from an initial impression tracking wild horses moving around. If the focus is fairly close to the subject (i.e. not all the way at closest focus) then I would say it is just as fast. I have a couple hockey games coming up in the next couple weeks that I will definitely try it out at!

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Robert
9/28/2015 12:44:08 pm

Wifey is nice :)

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Andreas Fedde
9/30/2015 05:51:44 am

Kevin, thanks for the fine review. Nice pictures.

Regards from Germany

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Kevin Fedde link
10/16/2015 01:53:35 am

Hey, thank you very much, I am very happy with how they all turned out. I have a few more sample photos on a newer blog post here:
http://www.feddestudios.com/blog/falltimes

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gary link
10/14/2015 11:02:20 pm

I am getting this lens.
Thanks for the info.
Great shots.

Greetings from holland.

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Kevin Fedde link
10/16/2015 01:52:29 am

Hey, thanks a ton! I have some more sample photos that I took with this awesome lens on a more recent blog post as well!

http://www.feddestudios.com/blog/falltimes

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Mya link
4/19/2019 03:31:11 pm

Glad you put it to good use, well taken photos!

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