Good advice from Dave, I missed you were on Nikon, Canon do a 400.5.6 that would be ideal, on Nikon you're stick with various 300s. Beware of the sigma 300/4, not all work on newer bodies.There are old manual primes out there that may work with an adapter, and some (very) manual aperture control. Mine was a Sigma APO 400/5.6, decent and small. If they made them in Olympus there must be some around in Nikon. I don't need mine anymore but it doen't look like it would be possible to adapt it to nikon.
3 out of 4 sigma lens are shit
I must have got the 1 our of 4 with the 10-20mm I got from steveg then, t'is great and no faults yet.
Unless anybody knows of a cheap way (under £250) of getting a 400mm zoom? Second hand 400mm lenses seem to go for extortionate prices on Ebay.
Maybe tlr is really ken rockwell.
400 L is no good on a nikon though. Closest on that site for £50 is the long end of a 80-400vr, which is a good and handy lens, i've used one a couple of times.Of course the buying-then-selling option is more effort but is effectively unlimited rental for free if you do it right.
I'd love to be able to get a 400/5.6 for £50
These have a good rep.
offering an affordable and portable gateway to extend telephoto reach