A First Look at the New Nikon NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S Lens

With Nikon and Canon starting to push quite hard in the professional mirrorless realm in the last few years, we have seen a resurgence of the development of professional supertelephoto lenses. Most such lenses have long been near the top of image quality and autofocus performance, so a lot of the focus has been on reducing weight and size while maintaining that performance and image quality. The Nikon NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens is the latest in that trend, and this great video takes a first look at what we can expect from it. 

Coming to you from Matt Irwin Photography, this awesome video takes a first look at the new Nikon NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens. 800mm f/5.6 supertelephoto primes tend to be quite large and heavy, and while this lens is a third of a stop slower (I doubt that will make any discernible difference in practice), seeing just how compact and light it is is fantastic, as professional sports or wildlife shooter will tell you just how exhausting it can be lugging those things around all day. There is not much out on the lens yet, but what we can see so far looks quite impressive. Check out the video above for Irwin's full thoughts on it.