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Nikon temporarily suspends orders for the Nikkor 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens and other products, announces high demand for the new Nikkor Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 lens

By [NR] admin | Published: July 9, 2021

Nikon Japan temporarily suspended orders for the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens (currently back-ordered at Adorama, Amazon, and B&H) and a few other products due to “production reasons”. Here is the full text:

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens review after 3 months of use

By [NR] admin | Published: June 21, 2020

Nicolas Stettler (www.nicolas-stettler.ch, Instagram) is a 17 years old wildlife photographer from Switzerland. He bought the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens and sent me this article where he compares it to his older lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens review: after 3 months of use How and where I […]

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Birding with the Nikon Z6 and the Nikkor 500 f/4 (fast birds in flight with AF tracking)

By [NR] admin | Published: June 15, 2019

Birding with Nikon Z6 and the Nikkor 500 f/4 lens by Cedric Beggue (fast birds in flight taken with Nikon Z6 AF tracking): I own a Z6 since December and decided to take it to its first real challenge in terms of autofocus speed and tracking with my Sigma 500mm F4 Sport lens on European […]

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Sigma 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM Sports lens vs. Nikon 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens comparison review

By [NR] admin | Published: March 13, 2017

Brad Hill has posted a detailed comparison review between the Sigma 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM Sports lens ($5,999) and the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens ($10,296.95) on his blog. Here is a summary:

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Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E zoom vs. the 500mm f/4E prime lens comparison

By [NR] admin | Published: March 26, 2016

Andy Nguyen (website | flickr | facebook) compares the $1,396.95 Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E zoom lens to the $10,296.95 Nikkor 500mm f/4E prime lens: I know from comments on various photography forums that there’s a lot of people wanting to know if the new Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 can live up to the hype, and how it measures up to the […]

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens review

By [NR] admin | Published: August 22, 2015

This Nikon 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens review is by Con Foley: In March 2013 Nikon started shipping the AF-S 80-400VR lens, and I quickly got a copy and did a brief review. I got the 80-400VR because it allowed me to do some wildlife photography I couldn’t do before, handheld and more spontaneous than […]

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens field test

By [NR] admin | Published: August 1, 2015

    This field test report on the new Nikon 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens is by Roy Mangersnes (Facebook | Twitter | Instagram, click on images for larger view): FIRST IMPRESSIONS The 500mm f/4 was my preferred telephoto lens for many years. I was using the Nikon one between 2008 and 2013 before switching to the 400mm f/2,8. As […]

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