robert_in_ca wrote:
It feels a bit overpriced to me. I thought it would be around $4,000.
johnvanatta wrote:
I guess the price is Nikon’s response to the 500/5.6 being sold out for months and months. They could have price it higher…and so now, they do. But there’s more competition this time.
That it would not be cheap, with at least a 4 in front, was to be expected.
US price I find still in range, close to 5k was the price I expected for the EU including VAT.
With VAT in the EU, however, it looks quite different.
€ 5799, or the equivalent of $ 6150 is damn hefty, if you consider that a new Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S PF is not much more, at least in the EU.
Surprisingly, it even comes with a gold ring + name plate, which is otherwise only the case with the Z 400/2.8 TC VR S, Z 600/4 TC VR S or the Z 800/6.3 VR S PF.
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Theoretical MTF performance chart is absolutely impressive.
This also eliminated my consideration of possibly replacing my Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S + Z TC-1.4x at the long end.
That is twice as much as I paid for my Z 400/4.5 VR S including the Z TC-1.4x.
Still, impressive lens, especially since I know from experience with the 400/4.5+TC what a pleasure it is and how liberating it is to handle such a 600mm lightweight solution.
Weighs pretty much exactly the same as a 500PF or the combination of Z 400/4.5 + Z TC-1.4x.
robert_in_ca wrote:
It feels a bit overpriced to me. I thought it would be around $4,000.
johnvanatta wrote:
I guess the price is Nikon’s response to the 500/5.6 being sold out for months and months. They could have price it higher…and so now, they do. But there’s more competition this time.
That it would not be cheap, with at least a 4 in front, was to be expected.
US price I find still in range, close to 5k was the price I expected for the EU including VAT.
With VAT in the EU, however, it looks quite different.
€ 5799, or the equivalent of $ 6150 is damn hefty.
Surprisingly, it even comes with a gold ring, which is otherwise only the case with the Z 400/2.8 TC VR S, Z 600/4 TC VR S or the Z 800/6.3 VR S PF.
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Theoretical MTF performance chart is absolutely impressive.
This also eliminated my consideration of possibly replacing my Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S + Z TC-1.4x at the long end.
That is twice as much as I paid for my Z 400/4.5 VR S including the Z TC-1.4x.
Still, impressive lens, especially since I know from experience with the 400/4.5+TC what a pleasure it is and how liberating it is to handle such a 600mm lightweight solution.
Weighs pretty much exactly the same as a 500PF or the combination of Z 400/4.5 + Z TC-1.4x.
