My Photography Evolution: AF-S NIKKOR 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR presentation

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So, today I went to see a presentation for the AF-S NIKKOR 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR which was released some time ago. It was brought to Estonia from Sweden. This was the first one to be here.

The presentation took place on the top floor of Radisson Blu hotel in Tallinn and we could photograph pretty much the whole city. They talked a bit about the lens and then we could try it. I have to say, it was pretty fun using a lens like that, since I haven't used a super telephoto lens before.The images it gives are just amazing. Super sharp when the weather allows it.(you'll see on the images)

The major thumbs up for this lens are that it has very little chromatic abberation and it's really light weight(for the size), since it has fluorite elements. Compared to other lenses 600mm f4 and 400mm f2.8 it weights less. It's about 4.6kg while the 600mm is 5kg. You will still get a great workout with this lens :)

Very little, if at all, vignetting. Autofocus is spot on and quick. You can add an included 1.25x teleconverter on it and you will get to 1000mm.

Now, about the price, it costs "only" $17 900 US. Soo, yeah. If you are rich or just angry at your money, you should buy it :)

They also had the AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8G ED VR out. Not going to talk about it, but, it was also great fun using.

Anyway here's some photos made with my 18-105mm f3.5-5.6 VR just to show the lenses:

This is the 400mm f2.8

I don't have images made with this lens because it was on D4, and I have sdhc card, which D4 doesn't take.