Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S Lens - Field Review - SUPER SHARP!!!

Great review and I love your show, have a great New Year both of you. Pete from NZ enjoying the summer.

Excellent! 👍 Love mine. One of these days I'll get my review finished. I'm quite happy with results with the 2x TC.

Outstanding video thx This is one of the best real world demonstrations of this lens in action!!!!

Beautiful picture of the robin (a bird with a lifespan of only 13 months! What a fantastic creature!). And what a great lens! Excellent colours. Lovely separation of the subject in focus from the rest of the picture out of focus! Wonderful bokeh! Thanks for the review! Greetings from Denmark!

I purchased this lens from you. Absolutely love the sharpness and light weight. Highly recommended

Very helpful - thanks

I rented one for a couple of weeks last November - on my Z6 . Not for my style as such, I prefer zooms, but more to satisfy my curiosity and to be sure I was't missing an option. Surely a wonderful lens, and I'd rent without hesitation should I need to. Thanks for this review and Happy New Year

Very nice review! It was impressive to see how well the 400mm f4.5 worked with the Z6. Very nice images.

Nice review, and nice images! I use this lens with my Z9, and love it. The 1.4x TC works amazingly well with this equipment. In sunny weather, the 2x TC works pretty well (image quality is surprisingly good, but autofocus takes a bit of a hit).

Great review, thanks ;-) - also, very good that you also tested on a z6ii and not only the z9

Another great video review

Happy New Year Kon and Becky! Any rumours on the 200-600mm? Wonder if the 1.4tc would work on that one - 280-840 would be amazing!

That is a real nice lens. The images were great looking. And any softness can be corrected in post processing, but they looked pretty crisp to me. I could use that in my kit living here as the wildlife photo opportunities are good at times. I have the 70-200 and a 2x tele. Thanks for sharing with us. If I got this plus the other 4 lenses I want I would be tapped out from buying any other lenses for a while.

Thanks for the video. So glad to see Nikon coming out with great lenses, although the 100-400 is the one I have and love!

Massively interesting review (and confirming my choice of this lens !). Works very well on the Z6II and useful for those distant nature shots. It has been a hard choice between this and the 100-400 as my style relies more on the flexibility of zoom lenses, for my approach to framing shots (I can see photo montages as an option on occasions, to fully include content - or to just use my 70-200, although heavy to carry both). Has given me thought to consider the 2x TC (as I cannot see me looking for / justifying a longer lens). Thank you for an supportive review

Thanks!

I got one of these in the summer, primarily for shooting athletics. I was a bit worried about losing some low light capabilities over a 2.8. What I found is that the lens is so liberating. Previously if I had wanted to move around the track to shoot different events I would have been lugging the long lens with a monopod around. This is an even lighter set-up than the 70-200 and it's so easy to move around with! I would highly recommend the lens. The only issue I have found is the lens hood can be a little short, I was shooting into the rain at the weekend and it didn't offer as much protection, but you can't have everything and I probably wouldn't want more length to the lens anyway.

Gorgeous results! Hey the Z6 handled those action shots quite well! Curious if we'll see a similar lens in 500 or even 600.

Looks like a nice prime lens. For half the price you can get the Z 180-600mm, and on top of that you need to spend almost another $1,000 to get the TC to get the 400mm to 560mm. I was looking at getting the 600mm PF prime, but when I saw the results from the Z 180-600mm I bought that instead, and the money I saved paid for half of my Z 800mm. Love the 800mm. It is small and light and even fits in a carry-on bag. Super sharp hand held.

What do you have to say against the 500 PF lens if you already have one with the z6II?