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Hi Alan. Thanks this was great. I was thinking of buying binoculars and now I will think again. I'm very comfortable using my lens however I was worried about the weight of holding it all day and my arms getting tired. I have a Nikond850 with a 200-500 lens + battery grip. Also I don't own an Ipad (yet). We've been tossing up the data transfer and have some of the extreme hard drives you have. We were thinking we need to buy a cheap laptop for the data transfer. I do like the lightness of the ipad option. How much data storage does your ipad Pro have and how many images / total space did you take each day. Many thanks Sonia

z8 as a backup !???? HOW RICH ARE YOU BRO

Hi @alanyoungphoto, thank you for this great video! Just got the z 100-400 and the 600pf...is it normal that there is some rotational play between mount and lens? (about 1 mm or so on my Z8) Thanks and best wishes from the dolomites

I have the Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 pf as well as the Nikon Z 600mm f4 tc. The 600mm pf is amazing sharp, light and quick to autofocus. Highly recommended! I also have the Nikon Z 400mm f4.5 and can confirm that with a 1.4tc it is not as sharp as the 600mm pf.

Thanks for the review. Absolutely love the Z 400/4.5 my favorite lens, I don't have the Z 100-400, heard that focus speed is very slow? ...

Great talk and different from other channels of reviewing and just more reviewing. This is more of a strategy talk base on needs.

Let's face it, our needs are determined by what the technologists cook up 😅😅😅

I prefer the 180-600 - short throw internal zoom. 2nd lens would be 70-200 on Nikon Z8

Great vid. Alligator River? You from the Carolinas. I been window shopping at property down near there & also Lake Marion, SC area now that retired just for wildlife.

Hey Alan, I run a z8 and a z6iii. The z6iii is what I use when iso starts to get too high on that big sensor. The z6iii is amazing when shooting in low light. 10,000 iso is astonishingly clean.😊

Dood, now you only need a 700 PF! 😂 Adding a 400 f4.5 tomorrow to my Z8, 600 PF, and 1.4 TC. Thanks for validating my selections, look forward to see what you create with your kit!

I have the Z8, 600 pf and 70-200 2.8. That works fine for me. Im thinking about getting a TC. I love the 600. Excellent lens

A lot of money in gear, honestly at this point I would prefer to get a 600 f4 with tc instead of those 800, 600, 500 and 300, keeping the 400 as a portable solution. Cheers

What about the more versatile 180-600 .. f 6.3 is plenty fast enough for low light here in Africa .. Noise >> no problem Adobe AI Denoise >> Want extra length .. DX to 900 f6.3 or 1.4 Teleconvertor >> I have one wild Life set up in Africa where I live , on my Z8 + 180-600 = combo made in Heaven the lens never came off my camera in my 3 month camping trip in Kruger National Park last year >> Lots of Overseas people literally bring Camera Bodies and Multiple Lenses >> when a 180-600 and a Z8/9 saves so much Space and weight and cost and insurance etc >> Keep it simple is best for Wild Life

I traded my 300PF and 500PF for the Z 400 f/4.5. No regrets at all. The VR is sooo much better on the Z lens that I end up with more keepers, especially compared to the 300PF. Adding the 1.4TC could be all you need for most wildlife situations...still thinking about that.

I’m in the same park. Nature and Wildlife. Have a Z9 for most things, with a Z6 iii as a bcam, Z30 for vlogging with a DJI RS3 mini and Z7 ii for landscape and Timelapse. I use the 400 f4.5 with TC 1.4

Great video. My favorite combo? The Z8 + 600mm PF , 1.4 TC, 28-400MM and a Z50II for backup, and the 10mm Laowa. super compact, fantastic range, jumping up and down with this combination.

Thank you for being so personable, mellow, and informative!

Excellent tips, thank you

Looks like you have it covered

Great content, thanks. I'm also owner of the Z8 and 180-600mm, but want to trade in for a 400mm 4.5 for the weight and low light.

Can you add the links to your South Africa and 2024 videos? Thanks much!👍🏽

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First love your energy in the vid and you two are cute and fun together. Second... lots of potential misinformation and strange assumptions in this video. I just got the 600PF a few days ago, having only shot wildlife with big, heavy, 500f4 for years. The 600PF is hands down one of the sharpests lenses you can buy. It has fantastic, sticky AF. It is super packable, hikeable and all around a joy to handle and use. Yes it's min focus isn't as good as the 500pf's but why would it be? It's better than my 500f4's though. Also, your settings for most of the test images you showed were really not great - you can' expect a 6.3 lens with longer min focus and smaller mag ratio to stay with a 4.5 in low light at the SAME settings. Your shutter was far too low and your iso far too low in most of what you showed. I was shooting hummingirds near dusk yesterday at ISOs up to 10,000 and got super clean images - if you nail exposure in camera the z8 can handle relatively high ISOs. You also didn't appear to be using exposure comp at all in the lower light images. And, if you work to achieve a bit of subject isolation the 600PF can render really beautiful and uniform backgrounds. I get that moving from a 500PF to a 600PF wouldn't feel that amazing, as they are very similar. I have not shot the 800PF but it's min focus must be longer, and the narrow field of focus a challenge for close, small subjects. I already know the 600PF is my new main and my 500f4 will be retired to early morning, late evening, shoots. Theh 600PF and z8 are a match made in heaven for wildlife shooters that put a lot of miles on their boots. The lens would "feel" more comfortable in the bag a f5.6 though, lol, I get that. I expect that to go away over time with use though.

They need to make the 105 in a Z mount

Nice tradition - the photobook, how many pics./ pages do you include in it ??

I have a 300 f4 PF lens and I absolutely love it. It is sharp and you can hand hold and carry around all day, what's not to love. I do only backyard or places with easy access for birding since I have mobility issues and its perfect for my needs.

Two words - shutter speed! Your sharp image capture rate would increase significantly if you use higher shutter speeds. Since you weren’t using a tripod, I respectfully suggest that you would have been much happier with your images had you used 1/2000 - yes, your noise would have been greater but that’s easy to remedy in post. But, you can’t fix unsharp images shot at the 1/1250 or slower speeds you were using.

Nikon has made Lenses since 1932, so I think Nikon should had designed Lenses without the PF element, which Sigma have done with their Sigma 500mm DG DN OS Sport Lens and Fuji has also done it with a 500mm 5.6 Lens for both the GF and X series Cameras without PF element. Sigma has only made Lenses since 1961, Fuji has made Lenses since 1940, so it it amazing that Sigma can produce a compact and light weight 500mm that do not need a PF element ! If I used Nikon, I would have a Nikon Z7 II Camera and a Nikkor Z 400 mm 4.5 VR S Lens.

Just a quick question, why is he referring to this as a PF lens, yes the F mount 500PF is a PF lens but I don't see that designation anywhere online in reference to the Z mount 600 6.3 lens. Thanks!

Hope she didn't eat any yellow snow.

I can't say enough how much I love my 400 4.5 with or without the 1.4 tele. When I got my 800PF I was blown away at the power and accuracy of the lens despite being 6.3, I didn't feel like it was overly dark and I don't think f6.3 is the same for all lenses. After picking up the 180-600 I contemplated selling my 400 4.5 but it low light conditions or where I don't need all that reach the 400 4.5 is a winner. It's almost half the weight of 180-600/800PF and this something you can't ignore on those long hikes.

Just got mine "which was on sale" paired with the Z9. It's one fantastic lens. If you want a lens for low light "and 1/3 stop makes no difference when it comes to low light conditions" , you need to get an f4 or f2.8 lens if you want to take photos during low light overcast or early morning/evening conditions. It's the reason I have been using the fantastic Sigma 500mm f4 sports for five years now, and will continue to do so.

The comparison between the 400 4.5, 500PF, 600PF is a little flawed because you cropped in to make them the same aspect, resulting in a loss of resolution in the final images. Also, it's a fallacy to think that 400 4.5 being faster = better photos in low light; this advantage only matters if you can shoot it from closer distance and have the subject fill the frame to the same ratio as the 600. It's the same mistake people make when thinking that if they get a 400 2.8 over a 600 f4 it will result in better shots low light... yeah, your ISO will be lower, but you're also going from 600mm to 400mm, and when you crop in to enlarge the subject in frame, it also enlarges the noise, and in the end it's a wash. Steve Perry recently did a video about this exact comparison, and he demonstrates it better than I can explain it here.

I like Makaela's gear more because I got a Z8 too. 😂

How did you get the 600pf on the drone in the opening sequence?

Great initial impressions review, looking forward to hearing more about this lens. I’m currently migrating my F-mount 2.8 trio of zooms to the new Z-mount and with a 2x TC on the 70-200 f/2.8 yielding a 400mm 5.6 I can’t justify the 400mm prime 4.5 lens. I’m leaning towards the 600 over the 800 due to size and weight considerations. Of course if money was no object I would forego size/weight concerns and buy the 600mm f/4 TC! Great video!

For me, the real question is "what differences are there between the Z 600PF at f/6.3 and the Z 180-600 f/6.3 at 600mm f/6.3? Is it really worth spending almost two and a half times as much money as the 180-600 as the latter offers incredible sharpness and versatility at such a competitive price?

If Nikon ever comes out with the Z90 to replace my D500,I would get the 180-600 and use my 500pf that I already have. Good video today.Thanks Alan

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Always like your drone video shots. Beautiful scenery even in the dead of winter. All the technical talk is Greek to me but your pictures are awesome.

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Got a nikon D40 with a 55-200 (I think?) lens it *can* get amazing photos.. However I have to be extremely close in order to get the detail I want...

What about the cost?

Alan, I am seriously considering buying this lens for bird photography. I do mostly song birds but have several large open areas to photograph as well. The concern I have is how much narrower of a field of view this lens is going to have as compared to my 600 mm. I know about the degrees but that doesn't really tell me how much smaller the field of view is going to be at 30 or 40 feet. Could you give me some kind of an idea about that? If I am not using the 600 quite often I have to hunt for the bird in the viewfinder because I am just not in practice of getting it to my eye and still on the bird. I know the 800 is going to be an even bigger problem with that, but I was hoping you might could give me a little better idea about that aspect of the 800mm.

That’s cold, stay warm Though I don’t have Nikon z , I am thinking about getting one , thanks for sharing.

The last thing you mentioned about the camera focusing on the background and not being able to find the subject again is in anyway related to the lens you're using?

Thanks for the great video. I just finished one of your other videos discussing adding another lens to your kit and then stumbled onto this video. This one helps answer what mirrorless camera I am going to upgrade to. I was settling on the Z8 and this just confirms my decision. Keep up with the good videos.

Nice video. I'm at a similar crossroads. I am shooting with a Nikon D500 and the 500mm pf lens. I absolutely love the combo but I am on the verge of jumping into mirrorless. With that jump I was wondering what would become of my 500mm pf lens which I love. I think I am settling on the Z8 and keeping the 500mm pf as it seems they work very well together but then adding another lens to my kit. As for your choice of lenses I think either the 600mm pf which would essentially replace your 500mm pf or the 800mm pf. I am sold on prime lenses and lean in that direction. The zoom range of the 180-600mm is tempting but since it is a lower quality lens I wonder how much you would use it. I also wonder of those that use that lens how often they are shooting at anything but the longer end of that lens. Keep up the good videos.