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The Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens is now officially announced and pre-orders are no open:

• Adorama
• B&H
• Amazon
• WEX (UK)
• Park Camera (UK)
• Jessops (UK)

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens primary features:

• Significantly smaller and lighter with the adoption of a Phase Fresnel (PF) lens element, making 500 mm hand-held super-telephoto photography easier and more enjoyable
• Designed with consideration to dust- and drip-resistance; fluorine coat applied to front lens surface, effectively repelling water droplets, grease, and dirt
• Adoption of one PF lens element and three ED glass elements for extremely sharp and detailed rendering, compatible with high pixel-count digital cameras
• Optical performance that is not compromised with the use of the TC-14E III AF-S teleconverter
• Materials used in the new PF lens element effectively control PF (diffraction) flare
• Ghost and flare effectively suppressed with the adoption of the Nano Crystal Coat, enabling clear images
• AF speed increased by making lens elements in the focusing group lighter
• Equipped with a VR mechanism that offers camera shake compensation equivalent to a 4.0-stop* increase in shutter speed, in two modes: NORMAL and SPORT
• Electromagnetic diaphragm mechanism adopted for extremely precise aperture control

*Measured in accordance with CIPA standards in NORMAL mode when a digital SLR camera equipped with a full-frame, 35mm film equivalent image sensor is used.

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