p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · New 400mm available for pre-order @ B&H
Maybe Nikon is trying to boost the price of the older version!
It IS lighter - think about that while sweating up a hill with the previous version & calculate how much per drop you'd pay to cut down on the effort...
p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · New 400mm available for pre-order @ B&H
No doubt there will also be a lighter weight, super expensive 600/4 soon as Canon has had one for a few years. The old ones may not lose too much value when the new models are so pricey.
p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · New 400mm available for pre-order @ B&H
I'm about as giddy as one can get.
This means all the guys with 400's and G.A.S will have to dump their crappy old 400's in place of this..... much better one . And they'll be more really great used 400's out there. This is the one lens I want.
p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · New 400mm available for pre-order @ B&H
Interesting. It's lighter than the older version. Just like 800mm is lighter than 600mm. I like where Nikon is going with this. I'm sure they soon will replace 600mm with even lighter version and they'll ask 14K for it. If weight doesn't bother you get the current version now because it's less than 10K.
p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · New 400mm available for pre-order @ B&H
A few more recent images shot on the D810 as well. BTW, I just got my replacement foot from RRS last night, it is the same part designed for the 800mm f5.6 E.