Is Nikon D5100 and Nikon AF-S 500mm f/4 G ED VR compatible?
Below you will find your chosen camera and lens. Click on the product name for more information.
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Nikon D5100
Released: 2011 Type: Digital SLR Sensor: DX / APS-C (1.5x) 16,2 Megapixels 4928 x 3264 pixels |
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Nikon AF-S 500mm f/4 G ED VR
Released: 2007 Telephoto Lens (prime) Focal Length: 500 mm Aperture: f/4 |
Can you combine these two?
This is the short answer:
Yes! This combination is compatible
The camera and lens you have chosen can be used together. Here is a longer answer:
Nikon all the way
The possibility to combine these two products is great since both Nikon D5100 and Nikon AF-S 500mm f/4 G ED VR are manufactured by Nikon.
Versitale lens
Nikon AF-S 500mm f/4 G ED VR is constructed to work with all sorts of camera sensors including the one of Nikon D5100.
Autofocus in lens
To obtain autofocus there has to be an Autofocus motor in either the camera or the lens. This specific lens, Nikon AF-S 500mm f/4 G ED VR has a built-in autofocus (AF) motor and in this case this is critical since Nikon D5100 does not have a built-in autofocus (AF) motor. In this case, the autofocus (AF) motor in the lens is what makes it possible to use autofocus.
Read more about Autofocus motor
Focal Length
The Canon camera has a sensor of type DX, a smaller version compared to a Full frame sensor, which means that your experienced Focal length will be multiplied by 1.5x.
Actual Focal Length for this lens:
500 mm
Experienced Focal Length with this camera:
750 mm
Read more about Crop factor on Nikon cameras
Total weight
When you are looking at a combination of a camera and a lens you must always consider the total weight. Each product weighs in at:
Nikon D5100
611 gram
Nikon AF-S 500mm f/4 G ED VR
3880 gram
Together they have a total weight of 4491 gram (equal to 9,9 lb).
Please note that Nikon AF-S 500mm f/4 G ED VR has a tripod mount which is great.
