p.47 #1 · Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
A few more from last night, the hummingbird and a cantaloupe that decided to grow in our landscaping. Both at 600mm f/6.3, hummingbird heavily cropped and denoised. I am amazed at the detail and rendering of this lens at its maximum aperture.
p.47 #9 · Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
I bought this lens a few months ago, and while I am still learning, managed to get some nice shots while on Vancouver Island last month. First one was from a walk in a park in Victoria, and the other two are from a whale watching trip out of Ucluelet
Nikon Z6 - Nikon Z 180-600mm lens at 380mm - f/6 - 1/320s - ISO 2000
Nikon Z6 - Nikon Z 180-600mm lens at 180mm - f/5.6 - 1/1250 - ISO 160
Nikon Z6 - Nikon Z 180-600mm lens at 380mm - f/6 - 1/1250 - ISO 140
p.47 #12 · Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Looked out my kitchen window yesterday morning and this guy was wrestling with a squirrel in the yard. By the time I got out there he had flown into a tree. Never caught the squirrel. Horrible conditions but a pretty hawk.
NIKON Z 9NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens600mmf/6.31/500s5000 ISO-2.3 EV
p.47 #14 · Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
OwlsEyes wrote:
I'm still editing work from my winter trip to Japan. The 180-600 was my go to lens when photographing eagles hunting on shelves of sea ice.
p.47 #17 · Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
Some days things just work in your favor , like perfect lighting from the heavens. After work at Onion Creek in Austin , Crested Caracara , Broad-winged Hawk.The lighting was just perfect, and I didn't even use the fancy lenses. No crops allowed.
Bonus Juvi red-shouldered from this morning.
NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR Z TC-1.4x lens840mmf/9.01/320s3200 ISO0.0 EV
NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR Z TC-1.4x lens840mmf/9.01/500s2800 ISO0.0 EV
NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens800mmf/6.31/800s5000 ISO0.0 EV
p.47 #18 · Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
I have been looking through the images in this thread trying to find one that shows the "nervous jittery" out of focus bokeh I get in the specular highlights (sunlight in water) with my new 180-6500mm lens. So far, I am not seeing anything as bad as my lens gives. (page 46 # 13) Your image does not seem to suffer from this.
p.47 #20 · Official Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR Image Thread
The photos in this thread are pretty amazing and I hope that I will learn to shoot that way over time. May I ask, are most of these shot hand held or from a tripod? I have a tripod and gimbal and will probably shoot this way most of the time, as I find that I am pretty shaky when hand-holding my Z8 180mm-699mm combo. I have only had this setup for a couple of days and I am coming from a Canon R6 + 100mm-500mm which is a bit lighter. The pictures themselves come out pretty good so the VR is obviously doing its thing, but the viewfinder does tend to wander.
