This is a new Nikon NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S ($6,997) lens review by Sravan Kumar – check his website and previous Z9 guest post (previous coverage of the 800mm Z lens can be found here): Why this review when we already have quite a few? For some reason, most of the reviewers are not covering first few incremental stops of the apertures of the super-telephoto lenses but going by a full stop. These details are very important to understand the absolute lens performance from sharpness/vignetting/bokeh etc. standpoint to use the lens to its full potential as and when needed. Most of the reviewers are missing evaluating the lens performance “without VR” which can be very significant when compared to “with VR” in some lenses like this. Reviewers are not covering the performance with Teleconverter in detail. Depth of field (DOF) aspect of these super telephoto lenses is tricky, especially lenses like this at 800mm or 1120mm (when used with a 1.4x Teleconverter). Just mentioning the sharpest aperture(s) might not help in getting the right DOF in the field as needed. So, I thought I will update my initial review covering these aspects with my observations of using this lens over 2 years 10 months in various conditions from cold Indian winters (-2 degrees Celsius/28.4 degrees Fahrenheit) to hot summers with heat waves. I will start with the most significant strengths of this lens VR – Vibration Reduction I make my observations simple. I have one of the...
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