Nikon 600mm f/4 TC VR S | First Month Real World Review | Create EPIC Images In ANY Situation🚀
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2024
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It is probably safe to say this outstanding NIKKOR lens is one of the best telephoto primes ever made. Now the captures will do the talking. Please enjoy.
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00:00 Epic Cinématique Intro
01:10 Welcome to the Z 600 f/4 TC VR S
01:50 Design Language compared to the 400m f/2.8 TC VR S
02:40 VR and IBIS how good?
03:15 What does the function ring do?
03:30 Hi-Res Zoom and the 600mm - ‘LONG REACH’
04:10 TC switch and filters
04:37 Joe Cameo
04:50 Initial reactions
05:43 Sports photography with the 600mm f/4 TC VRS
06:38 Night-scapes 600mm and 840mm
07:54 Face detect at night captured with Atomos Ninja
08:22 Capturing ‘The Sky Dragon’
08:33 Birdlife with the 2 x Teleconverter
09:40 Action on the River
10:35 As a documentary lens
10:49 Conclusions
12:35 QUICK DRAW
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Stellar lens but I was most touched by seeing Joe behind the camera obviously enjoying being back again. My thoughts are with you, Joe! Greetings from Germany!
Thanks Peter. Greatly appreciate it.
Enjoy every moment.
Incredibly videos! Thank you sir!! Wonderful content.
My husband bought this for my birthday, I’m still pinching myself!! It’s such a beautiful lens!!
Wow spectacular!!!!
Great to see Joe. Wishing you all the best and hope you’re feeling ok 🤒
Thanks Garry… greatly appreciated. Getting out and about is great motivation to keep well. A camera in hand is great medicine. 😁
Keep well and enjoy every moment.
Absolutely stunning, I am so impressed by your samples/work, not many can do this like you, thank you so much!😊
Thank you so much
Fantastic video my friend! Your production quality just keeps getting better and cheers for being a Nikon man. As one myself, I very much appreciate your content.
Cheers OG, creating with these tools is a complete pleasure, and I love creating as much as I did 35 years ago when this all began for me.
Nikon genius, herre in front of me. Along with your ever increasing video production skill, a most impressive combo. Kudos to Nippon Kogaku AND Matt!
Beautiful! Thanks!
Matt Irwin. I must say, Breathtaking visuals, great camera work, amazing edits. and a very extraordinary lens mate. Wow. The sunset shots and city scapes are just mind numbing rockin. The only think I would include or change is an Arca plate. The contrast, sharpness and colors are what the new Z 600 TC price tag is really all about. That and the fact that you can pretty much sell off the TCIIIs and leave your FTZs at home. There's a reason why Nikon is one of the best lens makers.
Awesome Lens from Nikon Excellent
Great to see Joe
Thanks Andrew. Much appreciated. It’s great medicine having a camera in hand. I hope you’re well and enjoying every moment. 👍🏻
That’s some lens for sure, would love to have a go at it myself, for now i love my 500PF, but very tempted about this
Great little doc Matt. Beautiful setting to feature this lens too. Speaking of Melbourne, I got your 2023 calendar in the mail a couple of days ago. Love it!
Thanks so much Bob, I am glad it made it I have been sending them all over the world :) Do you have a fav image or three?
@@MattIrwinPhotography The colours in the March and December images really pulled me into the moment. The care you take in the production of the final product, how the printed image looks in daylight ruclips.net/video/WXSL61ga-Tw/видео.html and the importance of the right paper: ruclips.net/video/gwBBY8DR3dY/видео.html really ensure that the calendar images I have in my hand here in Canada truly are what you saw when you pressed the shutter halfway around the world.
I just got my 400 f/2.8 TC this week, after waiting 9 months, and I'm absolutely blown away by it.
Congratulations Tom. You have something very special there. I’d love to hear more about it. Cheers Matt. 😀
Amazing lens. It's looking great....and so is Joe. Welcome back mate!
Thanks Gary… it good to be out and about. I really appreciate your words. Take care. 👍🏻
Absolutely stunning videos captured. This lens is amazing in your talented hands.
It’s a joy to use and create with. Thanks cactus.
Beautifully shot! Makes me want to visit Melbourne (and get lens while down there).
COME ON DOWN !!!!!
What a wonderful lens and such gorgeous footage! Better even, your wingman Joe is looking really great!
Thanks Andrea, feeling good at the moment. I’m in my happy place with a camera in hand… which I’m sure you understand. Smiles from Australia. 😁
Thanks so much Andrea. :)
@@josephsworkshop75 That is wonderful to hear, Joe! And I totally understand. You are really looking great, and handsome! Greetings from Düsseldorf, Germany. 🙋♀
@@MattIrwinPhotography Thanks, Matt. It made me really happy to see Joe looking working with you again and looking so well. What a team you two are, and keep it going! Greetings from Düsseldorf, Germany!
Was great to have you at the cricket again Matt.
I better stop having you along as you might put me out of a job :)
Mate thanks so much for having me, and nobody will ever take you from the cricket, you ROCK !!!!
Nice video Matt - thanks for giving us a different look at the new 600 f/4 - illuminating 🙂
Hello Matt, You know your spot on right Nikon do have some great kit. Good to see Joe back I hope he OK now. Keep well, keep safe and have some fun with that 600mm.
Hey John… I’m getting there. Having a camera in hand is the best medicine. I’ll be popping in and out of videos as much as possible. Enjoy every day 👍🏻📸
@@josephsworkshop75 Hi Joseph, I know a number of years ago I had 12 months in Hospital and the first two month I was in ITU so I did not now anything. But it does change things. I started designing my own Photo kit. Just longing to get a camera back in my hans. You keep was well as you can, keep save and enjoy your photography.
@@johnhjic2 thanks John. I’m doing my best. Keep well.
Nikon is making some amazing quality lenses, hope I'll own one one day!
For sure Obed, and you get outstanding results from all the Z lenses, from the 2.8 zooms, to the 1.8 primes, and lenses like the 24-120 ... they are all outstanding and more ... oh I can't forget my beloved 50mm 1.2 Fingers crossed on the 85mm sometime soon .............
Hi Matt, great review of such an astonishing lens. I greatly appreciate your work and how you bring to life my home city of Melbourne with breathtaking footage. Your videos are top quality production and gorgeously sumptuous. Thanks
Thanks so much Vince, if I may be a little cheeky, check out my website, you never know there might be something you like there. 2023 calendars are my favs at the moment. :). Cheers Matt mattirwin.com/products/2023-matt-irwin-calendar
Love the video, Matt.
Hi, Joe.
Hey Joseph 👋
I hope you’re well and enjoyed the vid. I have seen you in the comments a number of times before. What type of photography are you in to?
Thanks Joe and Thanks Joe. 😀👍
@@josephsworkshop75 I shoot landscapes for the love of photography and family portraits for the work. However, the network engineering job pays the bills.
Amazing photos, amazing videos, you are so good 👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much 😀
I've got a deposit-included order in on this lens. Can. Not. Wait!!!! I'm sure it'll be a few months into 2023 before I see mine, and I'm not too confident I'll have it in hand for spring (northern hemisphere) wildlife season if the 400 2.8 and 800 pf availability (they're not) in Canada is any indication. Mind, the wait will give me time to save a tiny fraction of its cost -- more money than brains and talent = me :) Excellent video, as always. Cheers! PS -- the spaghetti western ending should become your standard ending LOL
its nice peace off art well done Nikon
Stunning imagery!
Cheers Mike.
Great video as always Matt! I ordered my copy like 2 hours after announcement. I'm NPS here in the US and haven't heard anything yet, hopefully soon...Really looking forward to use this lens!
Like the 400 2.8 Juan, it is something very special 😀
So cool! 😎 I didn't realize that secondary / front control ring has a stop to it. DX/FX seems ideal for that. Great vid, thanks Matt!
Yeah Craig, something cool is going on here, only time will tell :) Cheers Matt
Hey Matt, I came into some money and went out and bought a Z9 and Z400/4.5. Going out tomorrow in search of birdies!
Congratulations Tony. That is so exciting. I would love to get the 400 4.5. Still saving up. 🚀👍😀
@@MattIrwinPhotography I am a self-confessed birdwatcher so I am about to put the camera/lens to the test. I have been using the sigma 150-600mm contemporary lens, so I was shocked by the weight difference.
I just received the 400 4.5 and used with my 2XTC,800mm achieved with amazing results,enjoy your wise choice.
@@TonyHedges I can't wait to hear what you think Tony. Cheers Matt
intro vid look great. be a good video on how it was edited
Phenomenal lens! That would be so useful here shooting wildlife.
Good to see Joe! Hope all is well with you. Thanks for sharing Matt. PS I asked Santa for this🤣
Congratulations John. I hope Santa delivers. 🚀📷
Thanks John. I’m feeling good at the moment. I wonder if Santa will get a hold of the lens before Christmas? Hope you’re on the nice list! 🎄🎅
Now that was some presentation Matt, beautiful lens that’s for sure! Some say “The gear doesn’t matter” I can say after forty years a Nikon only shooter and having owned pretty much everything they have produced, the gear absolutely matters, providing of course one knows how to use it! You do, that’s for sure! 👏👍😀
Thanks so much AoToGo, like a performance car, I love pushing these lenses 'into the corners'. What are you shooting with today? Cheers Matt
Super images and motion, bravo. At 7 mins your choice of music matches perfectly! What was the track please?
Cheers Dominic, RUclips now place track titles in the description it can be found here ruclips.net/video/_UgC3oR0678/видео.html enjoy :)
@@MattIrwinPhotography Thanks Matt!
Glad to see Nikon is finally making Super fast telephoto's for the Z line . Wondering where/when we can hope to see a Nikkor 300 2.0 IF-ED AF Z ?
Great video Matt. I shoot wildlife and I ordered mine 2 days after the announcement. Trading in all my F mount gear helped a lot to offset the cost. I am NPS in the UK so hopefully it will arrive before Xmas. Really looking forward to using this lens. Making do with 400 f4.5 in the meantime.
Congrats Paul. This lens is a pleasure to use. And it did not matter what I threw at it. Stunning imagery. Please let me know what you think of yours. Cheers Matt. 😀👍🚀
Absolutely stupendous video and have to re evaluate the z600mm f4 lens capabilities
Yes it is a super car, and performance wise delivers from my perspective I mean, the outcomes are outstanding.
If only money were no object..... I love aspirational equipment. It will get me to use my 100-400 zoom more.
Yes the 100-400 is on my shopping list too 😀🚀📷
Great video Matt. It’d be great if Nikon would let us keep some of this gear! :-)
Epic camera work all round, thank you sir, how did you like the 'Quick Draw' ?
Lol… so good. It worked well. Did you time ramp it? I just can’t remember if we’re really that slow. 😊
Nice video Matt! To bad I can't afford one. :D But I do have the Z 400mm F4.5. Love it! Keep up the good work.
Yes the 400 4.5 will be for me as well. Thank you. 🚀 Happy creating.
Watched it on my tv - amazing footage! It’s a joy to watch it 🙌
Cheers Tiho, that is the way to go 55 inches or more at 4k
Might be time for another 8k creation soon :)
@@MattIrwinPhotography Great, looking forward to it 🙌
Thanks Matt, great video.
Just wondering what recorder/screen you're tethered to?
Atomos Ninja. 😀
Great Vid - see you are rocking the new headset -- it is barely noticable - 😆 -- I cannot wait for my copy of this lens to arrive. Might be next week or ......... The 600/4TC is 302g heavier than the 400/2.8TC -- whereas the 600/4E-FL was only 10g heavier than the 400/2.8E-FL -- BUT the Z-lenses are both 550g and 850g lighter than the E-FL versions (600 and 400 ignoring an FTZii), which shows what a great job Nikon did saving weight in the 400/2.8TC.
How exciting Andy, please let me know what you think !!! :)
@@MattIrwinPhotography Will do. [update mine arrived today 29 Nov -now just need good weather and subjects]
@@AndyMillerPhotoUK Wow have you had a chance to get out?
Hi Matt, I want one. I'll never be able to afford one, but if you have the cash then why wouldn't you? .... Hi to Joe.
Epic! What more is there to say?
Let’s take 2 😜
Have to say. That’s a nice sunset. 😊 All I can afford at the moment is the 400 4.5 this year and the 800 6.3 next year. Maybe I should just save up for the 600f4.
Which one is heavier and bigger? The 800 or the 600f4?
Hi Peter, Hmm tough choice, the 800 PF is a little shorter and lighter, not a great deal in it ... you would love either .... 600 is more flexible with the built in TC among other things. Cheers Matt :)
@@MattIrwinPhotography I just saw Steve Perry's comparison sharpness between the Z 600 F4 + 1.4 TC and the Z 800 PF, in the 600 you really get two incredible primes, plus the fast f stop. Honestly, I would need to have to find a good business reason to buy the 600 F4. For now, we are only getting ready for our first bird + macro calendars for 2024, so until we get to 10,000 sales in calendars and prints, I feel it would be a mal investment to get in on such an expensive piece of equipment. Thanks again Matt for sharing your insight. :)
Thanks, Matt.
It has me wondering how much gear I can sell to knock the price down. Surely all the F mount gear and old bodies. All the large format gear and some lenses.
Speaking of old bodies, I am not sure the wife could bring in enough!! 🤣
Guess I will live with the 400 f/4.5 on the Z9 for a while . Not a serious compromise, that.
Cheers, Matt!
I better start buying lottery tickets. Seriously, nice lens and great video work. Now if I can just find a way to afford one.
Yeah me too Jeff and Leslie, as much as I love this lens, I too will need the lottery to add it to my collection :) And I don't buy tickets ... so er, maybe I should start :)
@@MattIrwinPhotography if either of us hits the winning numbers, let's buy the other this lens. Guess, like you, I better start buying tickets. Hope you have a good day! Enjoy that lens while you have it!!
@@JeffandLeslie If I win lotto, yes the 400 2.8 too :) Sadly the lens has gone back :(
@@MattIrwinPhotography :)
Matt, we all love your content but everything you present is always 100% perfection and always wearing the pink glasses. We need objective opinion on such expensive gear, not only Nikon commercials. Thank you for the beautiful visuals after all 🍻
Cheers dice. What is there negative to say ? This is actually how I feel about this lens. Today we are beyond spoilt with the quality of tools at our finger tips. This is a supercar, with a supercar price. And yes it is a super car. I’m not going to try and say something negative for the sake of it if during my use cases I did not find it. And thus I clearly illustrate how and what I shoot so you the viewer know what you might be able to create / achieve. Other use cases might yield different outcomes, but this lens is extraordinary at everything I threw at it. That is all I can comment on.
Hey Dice,
I think that this lens, like the 400 2.8, has lifted the bar so much that it’s hard to criticise. The 600 is certainly the best lens I’ve ever used (for its specific use cases). The one criticism I have is it doesn’t fit on my small camera bag!
This lens is a certifiable beast no doubt and would be a lens to keep for a lifetime. It is well worth the money for what you are getting but really for a small percentage of people at its price point. I hear they are fulfilling some orders in the U.S.A., wonder if getting this lens out is what affected availability of the 800PF and the 400 2.8.
Being in the "I can never afford this lens" camp, I do get to live vicariously through videos like this filmed by those who can afford one or who get to try one out for a time. Nice video by the way.
At only 25k, I might get two. One my primary home in South Gippsland and one for my palace in Melbourne.
I thought one for the car would make sense too ..... ... ..... ............ ... . . ... .
Sorry for the random question...Have you tried the F mount 50mm 1.4G on Z cameras? This is one of my favorite.
Hmm I will have to check which 50mm 1.4 I own ....
I’m convinced and have the cash on hand - where do I buy one today?
Where are you?
@@MattIrwinPhotography USA Texas. I was talking to a dealer today about migrating to Sony - reluctantly - Sony A1, 400f2.8, 600f4, etc. I'd love to stay with Nikon if they'd sell me the kit.
If I was a rich man, dab-a-dab-a-dab-a-doo!!!!
I hear you Brian, I hear you :)
How do I get a job like yours? Nikon sends you all of there nice toys to play with and you go out and use them. Then there is Thomas Heaton, out of Great Britain, who goes to the Red Light District in Germany and takes pictures at night. What a job.
Makes you want to buy right away. Too bad you have to take a second mortgage out.
I know how you feel Mike :)
I'm sure its a fantastic lens, but for my purposes, I believe the Nikon NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S Lens would be a far better choice. Lighter, longer, and half the price.
At around $25K AUD... it's ridiculous.
Lenses like this is why God gave us two kidneys.
Truly an outstanding piece of kit
@@MattIrwinPhotography Haven't been able to convince myself with that second superfulous kidney just yet, but re-watched the video all the same. Just wanted to say what a huge jump in production quality the channel has experienced over time. Kudos to everyone involved in your channel.
First. I don't think I can afford to watch this video.
Welcome Tim :)
HUM!!! Save some $$$'s and get a Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS for $2k and a A7M3 for $2k with a 2x teleconverter you will get 1800 in APS-C mode and shoot the moon handheld, yes! It moves and at a ISO/SS 125 f/8 it stands still. What happens to your Nikon when above f/8 hint AF does not work but Sony works even over f/16 will even track hummingbirds even with 2x on.
Af works fine over f11. Echo you gotta not make stuff up. Af works great with 2 x Tele. Again don’t make stuff up. Have you used this lens?
Wow, this is MTF .... have you seen something like that somewhere else ?? me not...