i got the 500mm f4 and my first picture`s with it

Big Ben says its tea time!

Nice to see you at work Gustav!

#1: Big Ben and Big Gus in one shot! Well done

Beautiful color and sharpness. Congrats Gustav.

Can we see some more images please

@mark.t: Thank you, most kindly. I suppose that I am a dedicated maternal figure. LOVE babies of all ages and sizes, including infant 500mm f/4 super telephoto lenses whose Daddies are on vacation.   
JL

Jocelynne wrote: @ gustav: I have requested all dyxumites to volunteer to attend to your 500mm f/4, in your absence. In this manner, the 500mm will be adored and treasured. It will realize that it has numerous dedicated parents, everywhere on the Earth. It will become a mature, adult citizen of the photographic civilization. Eventually, it will produce intelligent 10mm baby lenses, all of whom will mature into beautiful 1.000mm lenses in the future. Momma Jocelynne

Excellent

IT ONLY GET BETTER

hi guy`s

finaly this day , i go with my A77 and the new 500mm f4 lens , to a special company that calibrates the lens on the A77 (micro-adjustment)
all the pro`s of nikon and canon goes to this company

now i have a perfect combination , but i dont have the time to photograph


the coming three weekends i`m in london at the SWPA , but after that , i go on a special trip , to the south of france to photograph bee-eaters

thanks for posting those kind words , that can only on dyxum

cheers
gustav

I thought initially that it was 100 mm and some extra light that set the 500/4.0 apart from my 400/4.5 but after seing Ijsvogel's shots I realize that the bokeh is much better.

I've done plenty of shots quite with a similar backdrop as on the hare photos (grass field, slightly above) and while I'm happy with to 400/4.5 bokeh most of the times, grass fields slightly out of focus always look crappy. 500/4.0 performs MUCH better here.

Of course, it's a little bit more expensive...