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by Swissblad on Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:07 pm
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First views on DP Review - looks like a winner for Nikon.
 

by SantaFeJoe on Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:54 pm
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Nikon 800 pf

Price

And still no Arca style dovetail on the foot!

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:23 am
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Looking at the specs, the only item that disappoints me a bit is the 16.4 feet minimum focus distance.
 

by SantaFeJoe on Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:45 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:Looking at the specs, the only item that disappoints me a bit is the 16.4 feet minimum focus distance.
I thought the same thing until I realized that there aren't many things I would use an 800mm lens for at that distance or even closer!

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by George DeCamp on Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:08 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:Looking at the specs, the only item that disappoints me a bit is the 16.4 feet minimum focus distance.
Would be nice if shorter distance but right in between 600FL and 800/5.6 so that's not bad!
 

by E.J. Peiker on Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:16 am
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SantaFeJoe wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:Looking at the specs, the only item that disappoints me a bit is the 16.4 feet minimum focus distance.
I thought the same thing until I realized that there aren't many things I would use an 800mm lens for at that distance or even closer!

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The Canon RF 800mm f/5.6 has a MFD of 8.5 feet…
 

by Swissblad on Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:27 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:
SantaFeJoe wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:Looking at the specs, the only item that disappoints me a bit is the 16.4 feet minimum focus distance.
I thought the same thing until I realized that there aren't many things I would use an 800mm lens for at that distance or even closer!

Joe
The Canon RF 800mm f/5.6 has a MFD of 8.5 feet…
At only 3x the price.....never mind weight..... ;)

That said, it looks like a very odd design - as if somebody has just slammed a permanent 2x converter on a 400mm f2.8.
 

by hullyjr on Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:36 pm
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I'm definately sold on this lens for my type of bird photography. There is nothing to touch this in any of the native mirrorless full frame mounts. Olympus's 150-400 is an excellent choice for m43. Maybe Canon's 400/4DO + 2x is close but still more expensive and slightly slower.

All that is missing is a mirrorless D500, a baby Z9! Please.....
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by Dan Kearl on Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:49 pm
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"All that is missing is a mirrorless D500, a baby Z9! Please....."
Not sure that is going to happen anytime soon.. you still can't get a Z9
and I think the 800mm was meant for full frame. 1200mm on a D500
would almost be too much. A lot of atmosphere...
Nikon would dominate the market if any of this stuff was actually available...
 

by E.J. Peiker on Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:09 pm
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Swissblad wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:
SantaFeJoe wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:Looking at the specs, the only item that disappoints me a bit is the 16.4 feet minimum focus distance.
I thought the same thing until I realized that there aren't many things I would use an 800mm lens for at that distance or even closer!

Joe
The Canon RF 800mm f/5.6 has a MFD of 8.5 feet…
At only 3x the price.....never mind weight..... ;)
Not sure there's a correlation between MFD and price  :mrgreen:
 

by neubigod on Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:13 pm
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hullyjr wrote:I'm definately sold on this lens for my type of bird photography. There is nothing to touch this in any of the native mirrorless full frame mounts. Olympus's 150-400 is an excellent choice for m43. Maybe Canon's 400/4DO + 2x is close but still more expensive and slightly slower.

All that is missing is a mirrorless D500, a baby Z9! Please.....


Olympus 150-400 close focusing is 51".
 

by DChan on Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:48 pm
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neubigod wrote:
hullyjr wrote:I'm definately sold on this lens for my type of bird photography. There is nothing to touch this in any of the native mirrorless full frame mounts. Olympus's 150-400 is an excellent choice for m43. Maybe Canon's 400/4DO + 2x is close but still more expensive and slightly slower.

All that is missing is a mirrorless D500, a baby Z9! Please.....


Olympus 150-400 close focusing is 51".
Shorter and lighter with a built-in 1.25TC. But it costs about $1k more. To me, being able to focus close is always a good feature to have.
 

by photoman4343 on Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:27 pm
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I just cannot get interested in any new Nikon Z lens no matter how good it might be as I still do not have a Z 9 body to use it on. Why should I buy or order anything more from a company that cannot fulfill camera orders placed five to six months ago? This may not be "fair" to this new lens, but it is a fair criticism of the company offering the lens for sale.
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by Scott Fairbairn on Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:18 pm
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photoman4343 wrote:I just cannot get interested in any new Nikon Z lens no matter how good it might be as I still do not have a Z 9 body to use it on. Why should I buy or order anything more from a company that cannot fulfill  camera orders placed five to six months ago? This may not be "fair" to this new lens, but it is a fair criticism of the company offering the lens for sale.
Nikon always seems to have had this problem. Not a winning long term strategy. I think it hurts them further with the performance of the other Z cameras. 
 

by SantaFeJoe on Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:44 pm
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Steve Perry’s video review of a pre-production model:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/931373834 ... in-florida

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by Swissblad on Thu Apr 07, 2022 10:09 pm
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Always appreciate Steve's reviews!

Here is his supplement on the new 800mmPF.
 

by Scott B on Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:53 am
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I agree with E.J. on MFD I would use the closer focus distance often, but it appears to be an amazing lens for the price. I could convert from Canon to Nikon with most of my favorite lenses for the price difference between this lens and the recent Canon 800mm.
 

by Swissblad on Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:21 pm
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Scott B wrote:I agree with E.J. on MFD I would use the closer focus distance often, but it appears to be an amazing lens for the price.  I could convert from Canon to Nikon with most of my favorite lenses for the price difference between this lens and the recent Canon 800mm.
Interesting comparison between the Canon and Nikon lenses on Canon Rumours.
 

by david fletcher on Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:04 am
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Swissblad wrote:
Scott B wrote:I agree with E.J. on MFD I would use the closer focus distance often, but it appears to be an amazing lens for the price.  I could convert from Canon to Nikon with most of my favorite lenses for the price difference between this lens and the recent Canon 800mm.
Interesting comparison between the Canon and Nikon lenses on Canon Rumours.
Now I understand where your earlier comment thinking the Canon looks like a 400 2.8 with a x2 extender bolted on.   :)  

Regardless of that, the price and weight will be huge drivers for many decisions yet to be made. 
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