Review on Nikon NIKKOR 500mm F/5.6E Pf ED VR Super-Telephoto Lens with AF-S Technology by Micha Niemczyk ᠌

Heaven and earth, when compared to Tamron and Sigma's respective super-zoom lenses. Indeed, the price is a whopping three times more. But whatever else one could say, the fact remains that super-zooms have a long edge. Take a look at how it compares to my Tamron 150-600 G2. This lens is able to capture more detail when used wide open (F/5.6) than the Tamron can when it is stopped down to F/8. This is the first pause in the brightness! It is not even worth discussing a comparison on fully wide apertures because Nikon completely destroys the competition. And this is despite the fact that the measurement being compared is 500 millimeters to 600 millimeters. The Nikon has a broader field of view, but it also captures a greater number of details in the picture! In addition, with the same aperture setting, photographs taken with a Nikon camera are approximately 0.3 stops brighter than those taken with a Canon camera. That is, Nikon has a higher t-stop, which refers to the real aperture rather than the geometric aperture. This lens focuses significantly more precisely than others because of the different aperture ratio. If you flip to the side focus point, Tamron has a tendency to "hunt" quite a bit. Even with the illumination being fairly adequate. Please see some photographs attached for reference. This is where the frame's center is located. Tamron lenses have awful corners, even when used with APS-C sensors. And Nikon is very close to having the same level of sharpness as the center.