Nikon's Nikkor Z 600mm F6.3 VR S is a lightweight super telephoto 

The AF of the ZF, Z8 and Z9 is very competitive, and I haven't heard anything bad about the IBIS.

Their IBIS has never considered "fallen behind". In fact, in some comparisons their Synchro VR + 180-600mm blows Sony 200-600mm out of the water. The AF is not necessarily better, but it's definitely competitive. Their big drawback at the moment is that most of these improvements still need time to trickle down to lower-end bodies.

Doesn't Nikon have pretty much the best stabilization on the (full frame) market? And the Zf is even rated at 8 stops with the IBIS alone

@@TheDeltaMoo Panasonic has the best stab.

The AF was always great on Nikon. It was trying to add subject recognition (SR) which they struggled with. From firmware to firmware update the AFSR has got better and better. You need a Z9 (which is expensive but great) to use it. Hopefully that will shuffle down quickly through the line up. Personally I don’t worry about how it ‘compares’ anyway. How it compares only counts if you are worried about what other people think of the status of your camera gear. Don’t worry about that, focus on the resulting images. How do the photos compare? If no one tells you which camera and lens they use for a shot does it matter? Nope.

It all comes down to money and what your willing to spend ... 3lb 600mm, this is a rockstar lens and I've shot with it everyday since it arrived a month ago.

Hey thanks. I'm learning still. I'm more used to (and more comfortable) behind the camera. We're just happy we didn't get shut down and we're slowly rebuilding (and unpacking) our gear and muscle.

I was also thinking about the Olympus lens here. I wonder how the image quality (of the lens, assuming an ideal sensor) would compare.

The MTF charts for 600 f/6.3 show extremely good sharpness.

umm.. no.. if anything, the 300f4 stacks up against the nikkor.. which it doesn't lol. a 300f4 is nothing like a 600 6.3 lmao.

compare 🤣🤣🤣🤣 yes, the image quality from a super high quality 600 6.3 would not even be close to a 300 f4 on a mft camera lmao@@Isaac________

They both produce the same field of view on their respective systems, and are both similarly lightweight! That's why I think they're worth comparing.@@jacobgaysawyer337

They mentioned in passing, it's 1390g

@@Simoneister Thank you, I missed that. So about 2/3rds of a Noct. :)

@@Isaac________ Thank you for doing that math for me !

@@Isaac________ Google needs to add a conversion to its calculator.

It does not seem to an issue. The reputation of the 500PF is not for ugly anything and that remains a well regarded lens.

It's an incredibly light lens. Yes, it's about 3 lbs, but that's way way lighter than you'd expect a 600mm to be. When we get our hands on a production model, I'd be curious to see how it does on the sidelines of a soccer (football) field without a monopod.

But they didn’t! They decided to design the lenses they wanted OR maybe they tried other designs and found the 4.5, 6.3 and 6.3 performed best.

@@MGriff-q1i you have a good point. I got 100-400mm so I will get 800mm/6.3 when I save enough money instead of 600mm/6.3 even though I believe the 600mm/6.3 is a great lens. I am a Nikon die-hard fan since 1982. Thank you.

"Phase Fresnel".

We're working on it. And... well, WE didn't exactly call it quits. Thankfully we get to carry on to fight another day.

1: It's a preview, not a review 2a: Chris and Jordan are already with PetaPixel 2b: I don't think dpreview's Amazon overlords read RU-vid comments unfortunately

DPReview was sold to Gear Patrol. Amazon no longer owns it.

Sounds like the 3260g Nikon Z 600mm f/4 is for you!

Also, I think the F4 is about $16000. It may end up being more about what tools make sense for your wallet and needs in the end. Something new always comes around and there will always be something better in a few years time.

Must be a very specialised use case. Hope your wallet is healthy, you are going to need to buy a fairly expensive prime which ever system you choose.

DX crop on the Z8/Z9 serves that purpose

@@scotttucker9613 Sure, that's true, but it does defeats multiple reasons to go with a crop body. Body size, lens size (again Nikon falling short here with DX lenses), and pixel density. I could get greater pixel density with my ten year old Nikon D7100 than a Z9 in DX mode.

Who cares about DX crop? When you can use DX mode in almost any full frame Nikon camera.

Don't most wildlife shooters with crop bodies use full frame lenses anyways?

@@TheDeltaMoo that’s the point, you get longer effective focal range with cheaper lenses by shooting on crop bodies

Amazon announced they were shutting down dpreview, then...haven't. So they're kinda in limbo I guess?

@@Simoneisterno, after the shutdown announcement, DPR was bought from Amazon by a company called Gear Patrol, not in limbo.

@@nightowlnzab Oh neat! I didn't realise, thankyou

You are annoying. Just don't watch if you don't want to. No one's stopping you. He literally did explain & did far better job than most videos on this lens.

See the TC range. 400 F2.8TC and the 600F4TC - nice fast lenses. OR the 135 F1.8 Plena. I have kept my 300 F2.8 it’s just as good as it has always been, but I am sure they will add a Z version - when they have reached the stage when they have finished dealing with other things.

@@MGriff-q1i My older F-mount lenses are sure showing signs of wear. I have the Plena, but that won't help on the football field. What I need is a good all purpose 300 F/2.8 that doesn't cost as much as a used car. Enough with the slow telephotos. The 400 TC is an awesome lens, but not only is it insanely expensive, but it's also almost impossible to get. That's because there is a strong market for fast, prime, telephotos. They need to deal with this now. Convert us all from F-mount once and for all.

Welcome to the internet. A thumbnail is a picture representing a web-click. The thumbnail used here is of a camera and lens. A camera takes pictures and video, and the lens attached to the camera is the optical glass that sets the frame of what's photographed or filmed. In this case, the thumbnail is a picture of the camera and lens that is under discussion in this video, which is on RU-vid, a website on the internet.

the thumbnail has changed since i posted this comment.@@j0hn22