A while ago, I dropped my trusty old 500mm PF – a gem of a lens – onto hard concrete, decentring the optics and rendering it completely unusable. As a …
Nikon 500mm f/4E FL – First Impressions
The backstory… As you may already know from my previous blogposts, my primary lens for bird photography is the Nikon 500mm f/5.6E PF. Or at least it used to be.. …
Topaz DeNoise AI vs. Neat Image – Battle of the giants
Noise Reduction (NR, for short, since that term’s gonna come up a lot in this post) is an oft-misunderstood topic. It’s not as easy as it sounds since proper NR …
Review: Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF – Autofocus and Teleconverter Performance
This post was initially supposed to be a discussion about the Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF’s (500PF) autofocus capabilities, but a lot of elements regarding the lens’s performance with a teleconverter …
Review: Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF – Image Quality
Nikon’s super-light 500mm f/5.6 PF lens is a game-changer. It fills a very special niche and offers something that no other lens on the market offers, at least not at …