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Now two weeks in I am more than happy, lens and D850 you can carry all day and keep getting good hand held shots. Quality and sharpness just as good if not slightly better than my old big 4kg Nikon 500mm f4. I would say slightly more contrast so very little unsharp mask needed in Photoshop. I quickly mastered the focus problems so now auto focus is spot on as is tracking and holding focus on birds in flight. I have so far only used it with D850 as the two seem to be built for each other.
Eric thanks for the "use in Kenya" review you sent, but all big animals not nearly as demanding as little birds! One other review was also very good but said VR did not work well. I have just done test and can not believe just how good VR is with the new lens. This is out of my window and is hand held, the 1/40 sec is nearly as sharp as 1/250 sec! QED. 1/25 not worth showing but could be used.
Graham....why has the 1/40th image got a lot more noise artefacts than the one at 1/250?
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Eric