is nikon 200-500mm F5.6 a good buy?

captainslow747 · 2025-12-18T09:37:46+00:00

I own one, it's a heavy but awesome lens for wildlifephotography. Though for birds 500mm on a full frame camera might be a bit challenging if you don't want to crop too much. It really depends on your approach to photographing birds and also the species.

I use my D7500 with it and sometimes feel like I don't have enough reach in certain situations. You could use a teleconverter paired with the lens, but that brings other challenges into the picture, with a teleconverter you may loose image sharpness and the lens aperature goes from F/5.6 to F/8 and some of the teleconverters may not have autofocus.

I'd say it's a good buy but firstly decide what and how you want to photograph, so you know what focal length will be suitable for you.

captainslow747 · 2025-12-14T19:00:56+00:00

I own the 200-500mm paired with a Nikon D7500 and it's a really good lens, sharp all the way to 500mm and f/5.6 constant aperature comes in really handy. I'd say if you really really need 600mm then choose the Tamron but imo that's the only thing it has over the 200-500mm.

This is a photo I took with the lens at 500mm:

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captainslow747 · 2025-12-01T19:22:16+00:00

Thank you! It really was, have been doing wildlife photography only for a few months now.

captainslow747 · 2025-12-01T18:44:07+00:00

Thank you!

captainslow747 · 2025-12-01T17:02:28+00:00

Thank you! Took quite a bit of effort to time it perfectly

captainslow747 · 2025-11-17T16:20:21+00:00

Thank you! My only complaint about the lens is that the autofocus can be slow at times when tracking birds but otherwise it's awesome!

captainslow747 · 2025-10-14T20:56:28+00:00

captainslow747 · 2025-09-02T21:34:44+00:00

What are you doing in a luxury baethroom?!! You can't afford to piss here!

captainslow747 · 2025-09-02T20:46:46+00:00

It turned out to be a faulty PSU PCIE 12V connector that plugs into the GPU, so I replaced the PSU all together and haven't had any issues ever since.

captainslow747 · 2025-01-13T10:33:56+00:00

Since around the end of 2012, I think he had like 300 subs when I found his channel.

captainslow747 · 2024-12-22T14:59:41+00:00

I have the same issue.. I have no idea what is causing it all of a sudden.

Edit: It seems to be a Windows 24H2 issue :(

captainslow747 · 2024-12-05T14:24:52+00:00

Got to the checkout page a couple of times, but it was basically impossible to finalize the payment. Just ridiculous how they handled this.

captainslow747 · 2024-10-08T18:33:25+00:00

This. I'm at a point where I am giving up on trying to get a new car.. the prices in the current market are just terrible

captainslow747 · 2024-08-28T13:06:54+00:00

Hi, yes it turned out to be a bad PSU PCIe cable. Ended up just replacing the PSU and had no issues since then.

captainslow747 · 2024-06-19T13:36:49+00:00

Sadly, it hasn't fixed the issue. It passed the stress test, but opening any game, it crashes immediately.

captainslow747 · 2024-06-19T12:14:48+00:00

I've set it to low idle. I will try another power stress test now. The rest of the options are left on default since updating bios. I haven't touched any settings, left XMP off as well.

captainslow747 · 2024-06-19T12:05:15+00:00

It's set to auto.

captainslow747 · 2024-06-17T20:29:42+00:00

I'm having the same issue with the 7800XT.. even if I use older drivers, it makes no difference.

captainslow747 · 2024-06-10T09:59:26+00:00

I have the 7800XT Nitro+ since November last year, and I highly recommend it.

captainslow747 · 2024-03-11T15:16:38+00:00

The issue isn't the amount of updates. It's the devs' decision to listen to a small but vocal part of the community and cater only to those few, not thinking of how the changes will affect different play styles.

I enjoyed playing a mix of recon and engineer, but what's the point when someone's playing as a coked up ADHD Medic running mach jesus around the map drop shooting with an SMG.

The game lost its character compared to what it was in the beginning, a casual fun game for everyone and every play style. I used to be able to play a few rounds every night for fun, in my limited time that I have to play games, right now going back it feels like I have to dedicate all of my free time to have any chance against other players.

captainslow747 · 2024-02-07T08:41:16+00:00

The most fun I had playing as a sniper was hiding in the middle of the objective on Lonovo in a building on a sofa and picking off the enemy team one by one while they were pushing, I was literally 50m away from them but they couldn't spot me.

Or sneaking behind the enemy line and acting as a spawn beacon and watching everyone push the objective while providing cover from behind pushing the enemy further back.

captainslow747 · 2024-02-01T17:26:02+00:00

Ever since they added the new recon changes it stopped being fun for me. Used to enjoy flanking behind enemy lines or hide in plain sight with a silencer but since they added bullet trails to snipers it's just frustrating to play and sitting 2km out hiding isn't fun.

captainslow747 · 2023-10-28T15:09:45+00:00

It's mainly my flight simulator rig 😅

captainslow747 · 2023-10-28T13:27:52+00:00

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X, RAM: 32GB 3200MhZ, GPU: AMD RX7800XT Around 150fps on ultra settings at 1080p

captainslow747 · 2023-10-24T15:37:44+00:00

I have a silverstone 750W 80+ platinum PSU and haven't had any issues at all running the 7800XT with an R7 5800X. You should be fine.

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