Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
p.2 #1Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
George DeCamp wrote:
Those photos came out great Kasper6188, really shows off the rendering which really looks good! I'll have mine when I get home (visiting kids and grandkids) from NY! Thanks for the posts!
Yes, the rendering is quite excellent...it's a nice change from the sometimes funky results from otherwise excellent PF lenses.
Those photos came out great Kasper6188, really shows off the rendering which really looks good! I'll have mine when I get home (visiting kids and grandkids) from NY! Thanks for the posts!
Yes, the rendering is quite excellent...it's a nice change from the sometimes funky results from otherwise excellent PF lenses.
Sep 03, 2023 at 01:27 PM
p.2 #2Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
George DeCamp wrote:
Those photos came out great Kasper6188, really shows off the rendering which really looks good! I'll have mine when I get home (visiting kids and grandkids) from NY! Thanks for the posts!
Thanks a lot, I'm loving the rendering out of this thing. I can't wait to see what you get when you get your hands on yours.
Those photos came out great Kasper6188, really shows off the rendering which really looks good! I'll have mine when I get home (visiting kids and grandkids) from NY! Thanks for the posts!
Thanks a lot, I'm loving the rendering out of this thing. I can't wait to see what you get when you get your hands on yours.
Sep 03, 2023 at 01:50 PM
p.2 #3Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
600 f8 2714x1808 crop, LR denoise with value of 20. Only image with any AI usage in this thread so far.
Sep 03, 2023 at 01:51 PM
p.2 #4Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
470mm f8, LR denoise 20
Sep 03, 2023 at 02:07 PM
p.2 #5Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
These look really good. I'm so excited to get mine, but fear it might be quite a while. I have an order in with one of my local stores, but it's a small store. They have excellent trade-in pricing, and since I'll be doing a swap from some of my existing Canon gear, I'll be waiting to do it there. Hopefully they'll have some come in soon, but they did not get any last week, so who knows when an allocation may come their way.
Sep 03, 2023 at 03:33 PM
p.2 #6Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
"Is that the new Nikkor 180-600?!?" 
460mm 6.3 iso2200, LR only, no AI
460mm 6.3 iso2200, LR only, no AI
Sep 03, 2023 at 05:12 PM
p.2 #8Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Another winner from Nikon, that lens will sell like crazy.
Thanks for a fantastic introduction of it, Kasper!
Thanks for a fantastic introduction of it, Kasper!
Sep 03, 2023 at 05:42 PM
p.2 #9Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Jman13 wrote:
These look really good. I'm so excited to get mine, but fear it might be quite a while. I have an order in with one of my local stores, but it's a small store. They have excellent trade-in pricing, and since I'll be doing a swap from some of my existing Canon gear, I'll be waiting to do it there. Hopefully they'll have some come in soon, but they did not get any last week, so who knows when an allocation may come their way.
To be fair, unless you order from B&H or Adorama in the first few minutes after midnight of the listing going active you are probably better going with a smaller shop. In the past at least, it seems like Nikon usually trickles at least one or two copies to each store with pre-orders in the first handful of shipments and another one or two in every subsequent shipment. So yeah, maybe they send ten or twenty to the big retailers in each shipment, but they have a list of hundreds of pre-orders when the small shops have like one or two pre-orders. The list tends to empty out faster in the small shops.
Hope you get yours soon! Images look awesome so far - fortunately I don't do wildlife so my wallet is safe
But I'm enjoying living vicariously through everyone else. I don't think any lens has been anticipated for so long as this one!
These look really good. I'm so excited to get mine, but fear it might be quite a while. I have an order in with one of my local stores, but it's a small store. They have excellent trade-in pricing, and since I'll be doing a swap from some of my existing Canon gear, I'll be waiting to do it there. Hopefully they'll have some come in soon, but they did not get any last week, so who knows when an allocation may come their way.
To be fair, unless you order from B&H or Adorama in the first few minutes after midnight of the listing going active you are probably better going with a smaller shop. In the past at least, it seems like Nikon usually trickles at least one or two copies to each store with pre-orders in the first handful of shipments and another one or two in every subsequent shipment. So yeah, maybe they send ten or twenty to the big retailers in each shipment, but they have a list of hundreds of pre-orders when the small shops have like one or two pre-orders. The list tends to empty out faster in the small shops.
Hope you get yours soon! Images look awesome so far - fortunately I don't do wildlife so my wallet is safe
But I'm enjoying living vicariously through everyone else. I don't think any lens has been anticipated for so long as this one!Sep 03, 2023 at 06:17 PM
p.2 #10Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
cvrle59 wrote:
Another winner from Nikon, that lens will sell like crazy.
Thanks for a fantastic introduction of it, Kasper!
Agreed, these will sell by the shipping tanker! Glad you like the samples, I'll try and keep em comin'!
Another winner from Nikon, that lens will sell like crazy.
Thanks for a fantastic introduction of it, Kasper!
Agreed, these will sell by the shipping tanker! Glad you like the samples, I'll try and keep em comin'!
Sep 03, 2023 at 06:19 PM
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p.2 #11Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Last one for the night. This one kind of surprised me as the lighting was not on my side. Thankful for the variety that was handed to me today to test this thing out.
Snowy Egret
600 6.3, pretty heavy crop
Snowy Egret
600 6.3, pretty heavy crop
Sep 03, 2023 at 06:21 PM
p.2 #12Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
cvrle59 wrote:
Another winner from Nikon, that lens will sell like crazy.
Thanks for a fantastic introduction of it, Kasper!
Agreed. This looks like a fantastic addition to the Nikon lens ecosystem. It will be well received by the user base. An affordable path to long FL, high IQ, sports and wildlife shooting for Nikon mirrorless photographers.
Yes Kasper is doing a great job demonstration the capabilities of this lens. A very valuable resource for the FM community.
Another winner from Nikon, that lens will sell like crazy.
Thanks for a fantastic introduction of it, Kasper!
Agreed. This looks like a fantastic addition to the Nikon lens ecosystem. It will be well received by the user base. An affordable path to long FL, high IQ, sports and wildlife shooting for Nikon mirrorless photographers.
Yes Kasper is doing a great job demonstration the capabilities of this lens. A very valuable resource for the FM community.
Sep 03, 2023 at 06:49 PM
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p.2 #13Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
150 meters away
1,400 meters away
Main image is A1+200-600 f/6.3 Left Z8/180-600 f/9 Right Z8/180-600 f/6.3
Background rendering is really nice on the Nikon and it does seem it needs to be stopped down a little for best sharpness.
Better lens hood on the Nikon. Slightly stiffer zoom ring.
Sep 03, 2023 at 07:14 PM
p.2 #14Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
duncang wrote:
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0567_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0592_DxD.jpg
150 meters away
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0677_DxD.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0708_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0723_DxD-2.jpg
1,400 meters away
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0882_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0904_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0922_DxD.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/IMG_5490.jpg
Main image is A1+200-600 f/6.3 Left Z8/180-600 f/9 Right Z8/180-600 f/6.3
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DG1_20230902_1_7689_DxD-1.jpg
Background rendering is really nice on the Nikon and it does seem it needs to be stopped down a little for best sharpness.
Better lens hood on the Nikon. Slightly stiffer zoom ring.
I’m really liking how this lens renders for a super zoom. The examples posted by you and Kasper have been great.
I have an observation about the comparison picture. The individual pictures in that post above, look to be the source (edit: on second glance those may not be the source) and are sharper than what’s presented in the comparison. Maybe there was an issue combining the three?
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0567_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0592_DxD.jpg
150 meters away
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0677_DxD.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0708_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0723_DxD-2.jpg
1,400 meters away
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0882_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0904_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0922_DxD.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/IMG_5490.jpg
Main image is A1+200-600 f/6.3 Left Z8/180-600 f/9 Right Z8/180-600 f/6.3
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DG1_20230902_1_7689_DxD-1.jpg
Background rendering is really nice on the Nikon and it does seem it needs to be stopped down a little for best sharpness.
Better lens hood on the Nikon. Slightly stiffer zoom ring.
I’m really liking how this lens renders for a super zoom. The examples posted by you and Kasper have been great.
I have an observation about the comparison picture. The individual pictures in that post above, look to be the source (edit: on second glance those may not be the source) and are sharper than what’s presented in the comparison. Maybe there was an issue combining the three?
Sep 04, 2023 at 04:09 PM
p.2 #15Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Tufted Tit in some strange filtered light.
z8 180mm 6.3 iso6400, LR denoise (20)
z8 180mm 6.3 iso6400, LR denoise (20)
Sep 04, 2023 at 04:38 PM
p.2 #16Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Example of how it can render a complex scene against a complex bg. Has some nice pop to it. Raw imported to LR, straight export, no edit.
230mm 5.6
230mm 5.6
Sep 04, 2023 at 04:44 PM
p.2 #17Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Long distance 470mm 6.3
As a pseudo macro 600mm f8 heavy crop
As a pseudo macro 600mm f8 heavy crop
Sep 04, 2023 at 04:53 PM
p.2 #18Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Great seeing some examples. I was on the waiting list but I decided to cancel it. I will just keep the 500pf. But it looks like this lens will be a winner. The only hint I’ve heard is that the list is very long of people who preordered. Hopefully the wait won’t be too long.
Sep 04, 2023 at 05:18 PM
p.2 #19Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
duncang wrote:
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0567_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0592_DxD.jpg
150 meters away
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0677_DxD.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0708_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0723_DxD-2.jpg
1,400 meters away
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0882_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0904_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0922_DxD.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/IMG_5490.jpg
Main image is A1+200-600 f/6.3 Left Z8/180-600 f/9 Right Z8/180-600 f/6.3
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DG1_20230902_1_7689_DxD-1.jpg
Background rendering is really nice on the Nikon and it does seem it needs to be stopped down a little for best sharpness.
Better lens hood on the Nikon. Slightly stiffer zoom ring.
Thanks for those pics and images.
Have you tested stability? I am not so much interested in comparing as I am in knowing how the Nikon alone performs. Would you compare stability please?
Do you think it likely a person could handhold-shoot a short (*up to 10 seconds*) video clip and achieve smoothness ?
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0567_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0592_DxD.jpg
150 meters away
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0677_DxD.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0708_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0723_DxD-2.jpg
1,400 meters away
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0882_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0904_DxD-1.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DSC_0922_DxD.jpg
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/IMG_5490.jpg
Main image is A1+200-600 f/6.3 Left Z8/180-600 f/9 Right Z8/180-600 f/6.3
https://duncangroenewald.com/img/tests/Z8-180-600/DG1_20230902_1_7689_DxD-1.jpg
Background rendering is really nice on the Nikon and it does seem it needs to be stopped down a little for best sharpness.
Better lens hood on the Nikon. Slightly stiffer zoom ring.
Thanks for those pics and images.
Have you tested stability? I am not so much interested in comparing as I am in knowing how the Nikon alone performs. Would you compare stability please?
Do you think it likely a person could handhold-shoot a short (*up to 10 seconds*) video clip and achieve smoothness ?
Sep 06, 2023 at 06:39 AM
p.2 #20Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Kasper6188 wrote:
Long distance 470mm 6.3
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53164832096_cacda62b6c_o.jpg
As a pseudo macro 600mm f8 heavy crop
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53164831876_0c9116c918_o.jpg
And thank you for your ongoing images and comments too. How smooth do you feel the 180-600's VR is?
Late thought: I may be asking too much from you guys..... because unless a person shoots some video they might not have a feeling for how stable it has to be.
thanks for any feedback though
Long distance 470mm 6.3
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53164832096_cacda62b6c_o.jpg
As a pseudo macro 600mm f8 heavy crop
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53164831876_0c9116c918_o.jpg
And thank you for your ongoing images and comments too. How smooth do you feel the 180-600's VR is?
Late thought: I may be asking too much from you guys..... because unless a person shoots some video they might not have a feeling for how stable it has to be.
thanks for any feedback though
Sep 06, 2023 at 06:49 AM