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Official 800PF image and discussion thread

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p.93 #1 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

And this is why I don�t visit the forum anymore. Petty moronic reply�s. There are photos of the actual lens out there. Happy shooting everyone.

Wezre wrote:
My point was that Nikon hasn't announced anything yet.

Feb 02, 2026 at 10:18 PM

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p.93 #2 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

We've had an unusual visitor to the bird feeders this week - a Townsend's Warbler. We usually see them for a few weeks during the summer when they're migrating through, but this is the first time I've ever seen one here this time of year.

Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/500s 6400 ISO 0.0 EV

Feb 08, 2026 at 03:38 PM

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p.93 #3 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

just got this lens a couple months back and learning how to use it. recently attached it to the z6iii after using it with the z9 initially. much easier for me to handhold and though i prefer using the z9 with its greater capabilities the z6iii is a fine camera. Been almost entirely using 3D focus mode and it has been very good.


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Feb 11, 2026 at 07:34 PM

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p.93 #4 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

Blakehfreeman wrote:
And this is why I don�t visit the forum anymore. Petty moronic reply�s. There are photos of the actual lens out there. Happy shooting everyone.

Such "photos" posted on rumor sites are sometimes/often fan-made and digitally edited from photos of other, actually existing lenses; in this case those images look like it's an existing Nikon lens with some text written on to make it seem like a new, unannounced lens. I bet if a Nikon 100-300/2.8 or 120-300/2.8 is actually released by Nikon, it will not look like those "photos".

Feb 18, 2026 at 08:31 AM

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p.93 #5 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

Blakehfreeman wrote:
And this is why I don�t visit the forum anymore. Petty moronic reply�s. There are photos of the actual lens out there. Happy shooting everyone.

Sorry if my reply came across as petty, but as another poster pointed out, that "photo" on Nikon Rumors turned out to be fake.

Feb 18, 2026 at 10:39 AM

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p.93 #6 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

A set from yesterday morning at Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, SC. This is an American Bittern

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/2500s 720 ISO -0.3 EV

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/3200s 900 ISO -0.3 EV

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/3200s 1000 ISO -0.3 EV

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/3200s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/2500s 5000 ISO -0.3 EV

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/4000s 10000 ISO -0.3 EV

Mar 21, 2026 at 08:20 AM

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p.93 #7 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

I have a copy listed on the boards for anyone looking!

Mar 25, 2026 at 03:26 PM

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p.93 #8 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

Hi everyone, I've had a Z8 with the 800mm f/6.3 lens for four weeks now.

I use it to photograph birds. While I was out today, it seemed to me that the image stabilization was barely working, if at all.

At home, I tried everything again: resetting the camera, removing and reattaching the lens... When I look through the viewfinder and focus a little further, the image doesn't become any smoother, or hardly at all, with VR enabled. The corresponding hand icon indicates this.

When I switch to "Normal" stabilization mode and take a picture, it used to be that the image would jerk slightly, for example, when photographing birds in flight. It doesn't do that anymore either.

Can you help me?

Apr 11, 2026 at 04:22 AM

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p.93 #9 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

A set from the back yard the last few days, been stuck at home doing stuff around the house. Ugh!

Ruby-throated hummingbird male

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/4000s 14400 ISO 0.0 EV

Ruby-throated hummingbird male

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/3200s 5600 ISO 0.0 EV

Femal Cardinal with ruffled feathers

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/3200s 5000 ISO 0.0 EV

Downey Woodpecker

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/3200s 4500 ISO 0.0 EV

House FInch

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/3200s 2800 ISO 0.0 EV

Ruby-throated hummingbird female

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/3200s 3200 ISO -0.3 EV

May 12, 2026 at 01:42 PM

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p.93 #10 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

Bastapix wrote[/]

Can you help me?

Did you ever figure this out? Hope so it's been a while, just saw this and saw no responses. Hopefully it was just a setting.

May 12, 2026 at 02:23 PM

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p.93 #11 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

George DeCamp wrote:
A set from the back yard the last few days, been stuck at home doing stuff around the house. Ugh!

Really nicely done George.

May 12, 2026 at 08:47 PM

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p.93 #12 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

robert_in_ca wrote:
Really nicely done George.

Thanks very much!!

May 13, 2026 at 05:26 AM

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p.93 #13 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

Buizerd / Common buzzard by Arend, on Flickr

May 15, 2026 at 04:40 AM

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p.93 #14 · Official 800PF image and discussion thread

Some new images. I'm still surprised how slow I can handheld this lens. The rabbit is at 1/50 sec. The squirrel (I can see my car in his eyes) is at 1/40 sec

I'm also finding that in Z8 switching to Animal mode is not necessary for smal Animals. Bird autofocus works for squirrels and rabbits

I'm wondering if Nikon will give Z8 what's in Z9 5.3. It looks like bird AF is way better in Z9 now. Z8 struggles with long necked birds like herons, egrets and cranes.

Z8 and NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S @ 1/50sec, f6.3, ISO 1000, 24MP(4041X5952), Effective FL 1110mm, Distance 22ft, AF Area Auto(Birds)

Z8 and NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S @ 1/500sec, f6.3, ISO 1000, 28MP(6528X4352), Effective FL 1012mm, Distance 33ft, AF Area Auto(Birds)

Z8 and NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S @ 1/40sec, f6.3, ISO 140, 41MP(7788X5228), Effective FL 848mm, Distance 17ft, AF Area Single(Birds)

Z8 and NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S @ 1/3200sec, f6.3, ISO 4500, 42MP(7572X5504), Effective FL 872mm, Distance 42ft, AF Area Auto(Birds)

Z8 and NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S @ 1/500sec, f6.3, ISO 360, 35MP(7308X4844), Effective FL 904mm, Distance 60ft, AF Area Auto(Birds)

May 30, 2026 at 08:59 PM

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