Every Tuesday at 12pm Tune in for True Believer Tech Talk with Mark Miller manager of Delaware Camera. Product Reviews, Artist Features and more. This week we feature the Nikon Nikkor 800mm F/6.3 VR S. Tune in.
I was looking at the Z 600mm PF lens, and then compared it to the 180-600mm and I chose to buy the 180-600mm, and the money I saved paid for half of the Z 800mm. Sweet. This Z 800mm lens even fits in a carry-on bag. I love the ease of using it hand-held.
Seriously I think this might be the best lens on the market, for my purposes (usually small, skittish songbirds) on the market today. The only thing holding me back, is that I need a pro level crop sensor body to put it on, for an equivalent focal length of 1280mm (I think Nikon crops are 1.5 ? ...so 1200mm) Honestly, I have a truck sitting on the driveway, that I can barely afford to drive, that I would sell, for this lens and a pro level crop sensor body. Of course I'd rent it first. I don't buy ANY expensive gear without giving it a test run. BTW, I have taken about 130K photos with my Canon R7 + 800 F11, in the last year. And for all of this combos weaknesses, its still the best I have found, for my purposes.
