Owney
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Trying to get a sense of when the next batch of Z 800mm may be shipped to customers in the USA?
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The technology involved in making special types of glass is fascinating. You are correct, the delay is ~1 year apparently in the Hikari factory. But many steps etc are not disclosed.I hate to bring this up for fear of being stoned. But I remember reading an article on Nikon, and how they produce the glass used in their premium lens. ie. the 800's, 600's, 400's etc... Nikon has their own special formula, and process. Selecting the sand, heating temperatures, cooling times etc... Much like KFC, or Coke with their special formulas. Its been years, and my memory isn't like it use to be. Also (disclaimer) I know nothing about making glass. One point of the article was that it takes years...thats years to make a batch of glass. When Nikon starts a batch they project how much glass they think they will need several years down the road that's the quantity they start batch processing. The amount of glass Nikon has available to produce these lens was decided years ago. If they didn't for see the huge demand back then..... I can see where they are probably "glass" limited. Nothing is going to change that, its not like you can just start another production line, hire more people.... If they have used up all the available glass there is nothing to do but wait for the next batch to become available. Not sure how often they start a batch, weekly, monthly ? I can see where it might be a long wait. Especially when you throw in the yet to be announced 600 mm. Not sure if the 200-600 would qualify for the "special glass" or not.
That sounds about right, I got mine this time last month. At least it seems like there are monthly batches which did not appear to be the case earlier.I just received the same shipping notification. My NPS order was about 5 hours after ordering opened up. So it seems clear that another shipment has just arrived in the US.
It's something, I guess, but if actual production is in the 400-500 units per month (worldwide) range that I heard quoted by a reliable source, it'll be a while to fill all current orders let alone new ones.This is pretty cool that we are all sharing our individual information and when we put it together we are starting to gather some “intel” as investigators say. This should be helpful to the many people who have been waiting with no sense of when/if shipments are coming. If another shipment shows up around this time next month we may be on to something. LOL.
Just saw thatNIKON Rumors - Another batch of the NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens is now shipping in the US
Another batch of the NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens is now shipping in the US - Nikon Rumors
Another batch of the Nikon NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens is now shipping in the US. I have not seen many reports on the 800mm Z lens since it initially started shipping back in April and them was later suspended in July. This could very well be the second batch ever to hit the […]nikonrumors.com
The big question is we’re they supposed to?Just got notice that my credit card was charged $6499.95 by Nikon. NON-NPS ordered from Nikonusa.com within 30 seconds of it coming online (constantly refreshing the page).