Comparing the Z180-600 with my other lenses such as the Z100-400 and 300 VRii Pete and his family are a great and friendly team, check out the the hide I was using at www.petewhield...
Whilst waiting impatiently for the promised 200-600 to be released, I bought the 100-400 and TC1.4. Then, recently, I picked up a used 180-600 for £1,500. Whilst I like the handling of the internal zoom format , it does make it a big, heavy lens compared with the 100-400. Initial impressions are that it's good, even with the TC1.4 at 840mm at F9 but I'm still waiting for that killer shot to convince me to keep it and sell the 100-400, or just keep it for landscapes etc. Thanks for the video, Sean, I found it very encouraging.
I've owned my 180 - 600 for several months and have been very pleased with it. I was always impressed with my 200 to 500 f mount zoom but the newer Z mount offering pretty much improves on it in every metric. Probably the best bang for your buck, it seems Nikon made this something of a loss leader in the same way the 200 to 500 was.
It's an excellent lens optically, it's biggest negative is the amount of twists of the zoom it takes to go from 200 to 500 and vice versa. It also feels very unbalanced when zoomed in, it seems all the optics are at the front of the lens lol No doubt it's available second hand for around half the price of a new 180 to 600 so it's great value for the budget conscious. I kept my copy in case I use my D750/D850 combo or even my F5! 😋
Both lenses look sharp but the Bokeh on the 300 f2.8 is far better, must admit I was the same as you Primes only for wildlife but the 180-600 has changed my mind
Yes! Ive been waiting for this video from you. I was especially hoping you would chat about it related to dog sports. Its not fast enough for indoor shoots, but what about outdoors? Would love to hear your thoughts! Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be many dog sport photographers on youtube, but there are tons of birders.
Hi Sean I am going on safari next year and i have the nikon z 100-400 and am wondering if adding a 1.4 teleconverter would be good enough thought about the 180-600 but seems like redundancy any thoughts?
Have you considered making your videos at 24 FPS? The reason I ask is that I watch RU-vid on my TV with a Roku. I like to watch at fast speed and when I do your video drops down to 360p quality . So I usually end up not watching. I notice that 24p video plays just fine at faster speeds. Thanks.
