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Roie Galiz on shooting with the new Nikon 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens at Dpreview

Dpreview published an article about Roie Galiz’s shooting experience with the new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5.6E PF ED VR lens in Kamchatka. Here is a quick recap:

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Only Nikon can produce a marketing video and then hide it from everyone (500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens promo)

Nikon created a behind the scenes promo video with Keith Ladzinski for the new Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens and then hid it, so nobody can see it. Yes, this is Nikon marketing.

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens finally listed for pre-order at Amazon

Just a quick update: the new Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens is now also listed for pre-order at Amazon (it wasn’t before). Nikon already announced that they cannot deliver all pre-orders in September. Additional information on the lens can be found here. Updated 500mm f/5.6 pre-order list: Adorama B&H Amazon BuyDig WEX Park Camera […]

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Nikon issues an apology that they cannot deliver all Z7 and 500mm f/5.6 pre-orders in September

Nikon issued the standard apology that they cannot deliver all Z7 and 500mm f/5.6 pre-orders in September. Here is the full list of impacted products (Nikon reportedly now makes 20k Z7 cameras per month): Nikon Z7 Nikon Z7 24-70mm kit Nikon Z7 FTZ kit Nikon Z7 24-70mm + FTZ kit NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S […]

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens sample photos and additional details

I am surprised that nobody talks about the new Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens. Nikon made a mistake to announce this lens together with the mirrorless Z (another Nikon marketing fail). The price of the new lens is right at $3,596.95 and the MTF chart looks very good. Just take a look at […]

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Nikon 500mm f/5.6E vs. 500mm f/4E vs. 200-500mm f/5.6E specifications comparison

Nikon 500mm f/5.6E vs. 500mm f/4E vs. 200-500mm f/5.6E specifications comparison (additional information on the new 500mm f/5.6 lens is available here and here):

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Updated Nikon Z and 500mm f/5.6 pre-orders list

Nikon Z pre-orders: Adorama (direct link) B&H (direct link) Amazon (direct link) Amazon Canada BuyDig WEX Park Camera Jessops Calumet.de Nikon 500mm f/5.6E pre-orders: Adorama B&H Amazon BuyDig WEX Park Camera Jessops Calumet.de

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens additional coverage

With all the Z coverage on the Web, here is some additional information on the new Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens that was just released (press release and additional pictures available here): Pre-order links: Adorama | B&H | Amazon | WEX | Park Camera | Jessops Nikon AF-S 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens design and MTF chart: Some diagrams showing size comparisons from […]

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