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Hi everyone,
As a new possessor of a 2nd hand nikon 500mm F4E fl, I am, to be honnest, very surprise of the sound level of the autofocus of my 500mm F4E copy and I wonder if it is standard.
It is the first time I use this kind of big primes so I might be naive on the "silent" advertising. Autofocus sound has never been an issue on my other smaller lenses (500mm 5.6pf, 200-500 f5.6) that I consider virtually totally silent.
I am well aware that it is very difficult to evaluate the sound level from a video without any comparaison, but maybe ears used to this sound could confirm if this is standard, I would be very grateful for any insight (here a video on youtube of my lense autofucsing) :
The "normal" autofocus is noticeable from an other room at 10m distance for exemple. And the reset at the end of a "hunting" pattern is very loud and would scare wildlife for sure (I guess it is possible to prevent it with some training, by canceling the hunting pattern before it occurs).
I understand the glass to moove is bigger, the distance and speed greater than the 500mm and 200-500mm f5.6 lenses. Nevertheless I have found no information as this being a drawback for wildlife (and it certainly looks so for my lens) and the difference in sound level is several times greater than I expected.
On the contrary the VR is very silent and I consider it inaudible even at very short distance (except for the normal "klong" at the start and end).
Thank you in advance for any insight on that matter.
As a new possessor of a 2nd hand nikon 500mm F4E fl, I am, to be honnest, very surprise of the sound level of the autofocus of my 500mm F4E copy and I wonder if it is standard.
It is the first time I use this kind of big primes so I might be naive on the "silent" advertising. Autofocus sound has never been an issue on my other smaller lenses (500mm 5.6pf, 200-500 f5.6) that I consider virtually totally silent.
I am well aware that it is very difficult to evaluate the sound level from a video without any comparaison, but maybe ears used to this sound could confirm if this is standard, I would be very grateful for any insight (here a video on youtube of my lense autofucsing) :
The "normal" autofocus is noticeable from an other room at 10m distance for exemple. And the reset at the end of a "hunting" pattern is very loud and would scare wildlife for sure (I guess it is possible to prevent it with some training, by canceling the hunting pattern before it occurs).
I understand the glass to moove is bigger, the distance and speed greater than the 500mm and 200-500mm f5.6 lenses. Nevertheless I have found no information as this being a drawback for wildlife (and it certainly looks so for my lens) and the difference in sound level is several times greater than I expected.
On the contrary the VR is very silent and I consider it inaudible even at very short distance (except for the normal "klong" at the start and end).
Thank you in advance for any insight on that matter.
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