07-18-2016, 01:08 PM
Most testers say the new 80-400 is better. And the 200-500 was the answer to the wave of affordable and very acceptable 150-600 zooms from third-party manufacturers. I don't want to bet, because I didn't compare, but I think, the third party lenses in the range of 200-500 still are as good as the Nikon. For Nikon relations it has to be called "affordable".