While Nikon has continued to expand its mirrorless Z camera system with great new lenses, many wildlife photographers have been asking for a long telephoto zoom to be added to the arsenal. Sure, Nikon has the 400mm F2.8 and the 600mm F4 lenses, but those are $14,000 and $15,500, respectively. That’s way too expensive for most photographers. You can also adapt DSLR lenses like the popular 200-500mm F5.6. However, that lens, while solid, could be sharper.
Nikon’s new NIKKOR Z 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 VR S comes to the rescue, offering telephoto reach, the flexibility of a zoom, excellent image quality, a native Z-mount design and a professional build, all at less than $3,000. It’s hard to go wrong with that. Let’s take a closer look at the NIKKOR Z 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 VR S in this hands-on review.
Design And Handling
The Z 100-400mm lens resembles many of Nikon’s other S-Series Z lenses. In some ways, it’s basically a larger, heavier Z 70-200mm F2.8 VR S. I say this because, like the 70-200mm lens, the 100-400mm lens includes an OLED information display, an
