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p.15 #1Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

marc2307 wrote:

bernardl wrote

JuanLT wrote

March 2024

!! 🤣, where did you see that? Add the link

Here: https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000001006873665/

こちらの商品の次回入荷は2024年3月上旬頃を予定しております。
The next arrival of this product is scheduled for early March 2024

Cheers,
Bernard

I'd like to think that does not include pre-orders, which never show as "in stock", I just cannot believe
zero availability for another 19 months!

Agree! Hard to believe and only 1 retailer is saying this, then again no one else is saying anything! I think they have been wrong before when Z9 came out but hard to remember!

Sep 07, 2022 at 05:12 AM

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p.15 #2Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

That’s really incredible! so we may assume that we won’t see a 600mm f4 for at least 2 years since it will be a similar lens with similar materials?

Sep 07, 2022 at 09:31 AM

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p.15 #3Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

Went to Huntington Beach State Park this morning, nice light and weather!

All with Z9, 400/2.8TC S

Great Egret

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens 400mm f/2.8 1/2000s 72 ISO 0.0 EV

Tri-colored Heron

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens 400mm f/2.8 1/2000s 220 ISO 0.0 EV

Little Blue Heron, Juvenile

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens 560mm f/4.0 1/2000s 125 ISO -0.7 EV

Adult Little Blue Heron

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens 560mm f/4.0 1/2000s 200 ISO -0.7 EV

Sep 12, 2022 at 09:57 AM

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p.15 #4Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

A selection from this morning at the park using Z9, 400/2.8TC

Rosette Spoonbill

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens 560mm f/4.0 1/2000s 2200 ISO 0.0 EV

Spoonbill watching me

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens 400mm f/2.8 1/2000s 1250 ISO 0.0 EV

Clapper Rail

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens 560mm f/4.0 1/1600s 6400 ISO 0.0 EV

White Ibis full of mud

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens 560mm f/4.0 1/1600s 180 ISO -0.3 EV

Sep 13, 2022 at 09:02 AM

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p.15 #5Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

For something a bit different with 400/2.8S. Thanks to Nikon Thailand who organized the special event at a local Thai boxing stadium. I spotted at least 4 400/2.8S with Z9 in action last night

I am not really into boxing at all but when there is a chance to do something different, why not

All shot wide open. I cropped all pictures a bit mainly to get rid off umpire (when I can) or
annoying distraction in the background.

Sep 23, 2022 at 06:27 PM

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p.15 #6Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

suteetat wrote:
For something a bit different with 400/2.8S. Thanks to Nikon Thailand who organized the special event at a local Thai boxing stadium. I spotted at least 4 400/2.8S with Z9 in action last night

I am not really into boxing at all but when there is a chance to do something different, why not

https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/NZ9_2750.jpg

https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/NZ9_0606.jpg

https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/NZ9_2193.jpg

https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/NZ9_0829.jpg

All shot wide open. I cropped all pictures a bit mainly to get rid off umpire (when I can) or
annoying distraction in the background.

What !! 4!! That must be 80% of the total lense that's been shipped yet! 🤣

Sep 23, 2022 at 07:17 PM

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p.15 #7Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

Looks like another batch of 400/2.8TC lenses are shipped or will be shipping now! I've see 2 posts on Backcountry Gallery

Sep 29, 2022 at 09:41 AM

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p.15 #8Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

After a week in Norway I love this lens even more!

400 mm

Just seconds later with the internal TC engaged.

At 784 mm with internal and an external 1.4 TC

560 mm with the external 1.4 TC

784 mm (2x 1.4 TC) plus DX Cropp

400 mm

400 mm

400mm

400 mm

Oct 02, 2022 at 06:19 AM

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p.15 #9Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

Fantastic!!

NaturRosi wrote:
After a week in Norway I love this lens even more!

Oct 03, 2022 at 06:07 AM

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p.15 #10Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

NaturRosi wrote:
After a week in Norway I love this lens even more!

Oct 03, 2022 at 06:56 AM

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p.15 #11Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

Lots of rain over here still. Today, I was running some errand near a aviary not too far from Bangkok so I made a quick stop for Nicobar Pigeons. Usually I can see them in a wild on an island where I went scuba diving once in a while but never had room for a big supertele after packing all my divegear and underwater photography setup. Oh well.... so I have to settle for an aviary instead

1/100s, iso 2000, f2.8

1/100s, iso 2200, f2.8

1/100s, iso 1800, f2.8

It was raining a bit when I was there so lighting was kind of bad. Wish there was enough light to try f8 to get the whole bird in focus.

Oct 06, 2022 at 05:33 AM

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p.15 #12Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

Some foxes I was able to capture this year.

Oct 07, 2022 at 12:15 AM

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p.15 #13Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

NaturRosi wrote:
Some foxes I was able to capture this year.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galerie/F-chse-2022/i-9spMswM/0/ee57f755/X2/DSC_1022%203-X2.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galerie/F-chse-2022/i-PXHZ8HL/1/608706e2/X2/DSC_2339-X2.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galerie/F-chse-2022/i-H99hn9G/0/a7d5fbb6/X2/DSC_2128%202-X2.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galerie/F-chse-2022/i-gVhxSLq/0/38eb46cd/X2/DSC_2589%201-X2.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galerie/F-chse-2022/i-KxfRfTf/0/07c3acdb/X2/DSC_3059%202-X2.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galerie/F-chse-2022/i-gc6dCQq/0/3ac82ee7/X2/DSC_2432%201-X2.jpg

These look wonderful! Are they cropped?

Oct 07, 2022 at 01:26 AM

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p.15 #14Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

Alistair1 wrote:
These look wonderful! Are they cropped?

Thanks! Some are uncropped, some a little bit. The portrait for example was captured with the integrated TC at ISO 11.400, 1/125 s, f/4 and cropped to 21 MP, all the other captures were taken at 400 mm with an aperture of f/2.8 and ISOs between 4000 and 9000.

100% crop of the male (ISO 5000, 1/400 sec, f/2.8, 400 mm)

Oct 07, 2022 at 03:53 AM

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p.15 #15Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

f2.8, 1/1250s, iso 4000, cropped to approximately DX cropped.

Oct 20, 2022 at 07:01 PM

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p.15 #16Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

The rendering of both front and back out of focus areas with the 400mm f2.8 TC is just so beautiful.

Both real and photographic at the same time.

The Nikon designers are reaching a level of excellence pretty much unheard of here.

Cheers,
Bernard

Oct 20, 2022 at 09:56 PM

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p.15 #17Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

bernardl wrote:
The Nikon designers are reaching a level of excellence pretty much unheard of here.

Cheers,
Bernard

Agree, some wonderful portraits here.

I just wish the Nikon sales team could reach that same standard of excellence and start shipping out
to countries such as Australia, which hasn't seen a Z400 f/2.8 land here for over 5 months with a grand total of just 3 sold.

Really poor IMO.

Oct 20, 2022 at 10:06 PM

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p.15 #18Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

Indeed.

I don't think it's a sales issues as much as it is a production capacity issue though. I suspect it's not related to chip shortage, probably to Nikon's own ability to manufacture some very special glass elements. I could be wrong of course.

Surprisingly, the 400mm f4.5 is in stock in Tokyo.

Oct 20, 2022 at 11:15 PM

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p.15 #19Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

I agree. Since Nikon is rolling out 800PF and 400/4.5 much faster than 400/2.8S so the bottleneck
is probably something more esoteric than chip shortage. In the past, I was told that Nikon was only able to
produce about 2 800/5.6e FL per month. They are doing better than that with 400/2.8S for sure.
I don't recall if there was any significant backlog on 400/2.8e FL when first introduced.
For comparison, a friend has been waiting for her 400/2.8GM now since April and still no sign
that she is going to get one anytime soon. She is first in line at her friend's store which is a small
Sony dealer that doesn't get nearly as many allocation as some of the major stores locally here.

Oct 21, 2022 at 01:19 AM

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p.15 #20Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions

NaturRosi wrote:
After a week in Norway I love this lens even more!

Oct 21, 2022 at 05:46 AM