New gear

Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S

£6299/$6497 www.nikon.co.uk

At over six grand, A the Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S is certainly not a budget lens, but the key point here is that it’s little more than one-third of the price of the Nikon 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR F-mount DSLR lens.

So while some (including us) have questioned the f/6.3 maximum aperture, that’s thrown into sharp focus (sorry) by the new lens’s price point. That’s not all. By using the advantages of the Nikon Z lens mount and incorporating a Phase Fresnel (PF) lens element, Nikon has made the Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S an incredible 2.3kg lighter and 16 per cent shorter than the DSLR lens.

Nikon says that