I shoot on a Nikon z8, and primarily do wildlife portraits.
I started with the Nikon 200-500, upgraded to z180-600, which was a nice upgrade.
When I shoot, I primarily shoot in the 800mm range, as I'll shoot in DX mode. However, the z 180-600 is on the softer side. I also tend to shoot in early mornings or late evenings as that's when some of my subjects are active.
Embarrassingly, I had a shot get selected for a local exhibit and my shot was cropped to a point that wouldnt print as well as I would have liked.
I'm looking to do one of the following, and I'm looking for advice from others that may have been in the same situation.
-Slap a 1.4x tc on my 180-600
-Swap to a 600 pf, with a TC when needed
-Skip the TC and go with the 800 6.3 (or 800 5.6)
There's also the real answer, which is 600 F4 TC, which does everything that I need (faster, built in tc), however even used this is closer to 12k.
Financially, I can do anything other than the 600 f4 at the moment, however I would rather buy once.
For those who were in a similar situation, what route did you take? Did you regret not going directly to 600 f4?
One small additional suggestion when you move it to the Nikon forum: Edit the title a bit so that it has a more specific focus. That will tend to encourage people who know something about that to read it and reply.
