OwlsEyes wrote:
I'm not a bird photographer. I'll photograph birds, but they are what I pursue when I can't spend time with mammals. As such, I chose the 400mm f/4. Ideally, this lens would be coupled with a 24MP DX milc Z500, but all of this is wishful thinking.
I think Nikon will release the 600mm f/5.6 (or f/8) PF and a 300mm f/4PF... but I think we'll be waiting until 2023 to see any of these lenses.
bruce
[edit: apologies I cannot remove this font!] One option would be to keep 300 f4 PF and 500 f5.6 PF in production, but perhaps in future release "updated version with improved AF-P focusing so it plays even better with the Z’s in the upcoming announcement." to quote mawz from parallel thread (mistaken demise of 500 PF)
However, they could still launch 400 f4S PF and 600 f5.6S PF in only Z-mount. This will meet all categories of wildlife/sports shooters.
After all the dust has settled with a grown up Z system, Nikon stands to benefit by pushing all its telephotos into Z mount. They will be restricted to purely Z cameras (unlike F-Nikkors). Assuming cross-mount adapting is a minimal market...
OwlsEyes wrote:
I'm not a bird photographer. I'll photograph birds, but they are what I pursue when I can't spend time with mammals. As such, I chose the 400mm f/4. Ideally, this lens would be coupled with a 24MP DX milc Z500, but all of this is wishful thinking.
I think Nikon will release the 600mm f/5.6 (or f/8) PF and a 300mm f/4PF... but I think we'll be waiting until 2023 to see any of these lenses.
bruce
One option would be to keep 300 f4 PF and 500 f5.6 PF in production, but perhaps in future release "updated version with improved AF-P focusing so it plays even better with the Z’s in the upcoming announcement." to quote mawz from parallel thread (mistaken demise of 500 PF)
However, they could still launch 400 f4S PF and 600 f5.6S PF in only Z-mount. This will meet all categories of wildlife/sports shooters.
After all the dust has settled with a grown up Z system, Nikon stands to benefit by pushing all its telephotos into Z mount. They will be restricted to purely Z cameras (unlike F-Nikkors). Assuming cross-mount adapting is a minimal market...
OwlsEyes wrote:
I'm not a bird photographer. I'll photograph birds, but they are what I pursue when I can't spend time with mammals. As such, I chose the 400mm f/4. Ideally, this lens would be coupled with a 24MP DX milc Z500, but all of this is wishful thinking.
I think Nikon will release the 600mm f/5.6 (or f/8) PF and a 300mm f/4PF... but I think we'll be waiting until 2023 to see any of these lenses.
bruce
One option would be to keep 300 f4 PF and 500 f5.6 PF in production, but perhaps in future release "updated version with improved AF-P focusing so it plays even better with the Z’s in the upcoming announcement." to quote mawz from parallel thread (mistaken demise of 500 PF)
However, they could still launch 400 f4S PF and 600 f5.6S PF in only Z-mount. This will meet all categories of wildlife/sports shooters.
After all the dust has settled with a grown up Z system, Nikon stands to benefit by pushing all its telephotos into Z mount. They will be restricted to purely Z cameras (unlike F-Nikkors). Assuming cross-mount adapting is a minimal market...
Mar 23, 2021 at 10:14 AM
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