Digitalwild
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Here in Norfolk, England, I ordered mine in April and got it mid May !
I love it!
I love it!
800mm Z lens orders
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That’s great! Are you a NPS member?
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Awesome, you must be enjoying using it by now! What time did you place your order?
Thanks for posting! I ordered same day as did hundreds of others. but it's nice to know I might be getting close.
good luck
Thanks, Rich. As busy as I am with other essential tasks, it would actually be a good thing if my name rises to the top four weeks from now.
henryp
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Kind of you to say so. Thank you too.
Henry Posner / B&H Photo-Video
Hi Henry - great to see you here.
Everyone - If you ever need help at B&H, Henry is the person. He'll do what he can to help and resolve issues and has successfully done that for many years.
I see from another thread that you ordered it about 5 hours after pre-orders opened. I’m still waiting, but ordered from B&H at 9:06 PST April 5 ( I got the email from B&H that pre-orders were open 2 minutes after I received the order confirmation!). When I talked to customer service a month ago, I was told that I would get one when they got a shipment. He went so far as to say it didn’t matter that I wasn’t NPS. It would seem that wasn’t the case.
Anyway, hope you’re enjoying using it. I’ll continue to wait patiently for mine.
Missed the announcement. What was it?
He means when Nikon officially announced the lens.
Got here today (ordered 4/5 from Nikon USA). The build of this thing really makes me question spending 7000 USD. My 600 f/4 feels like an expensive lens. This 800PF... not so much. Oh well, I don't give a **** provided it performs as well everyone says it does.
I received a message from Nikon today, stating they were preparing to ship mine, and needed me to respond by Monday as to whether my invoice/order was still valid with my camera store.
Of course I verified the invoice and replied to Nikon today.
Of course I verified the invoice and replied to Nikon today.
Great! How long ago did you order?
Oh, back in April, I think one or two days after they began accepting orders. It's been a while.
It's been over five months since I preordered the 800mm PF lens, so out of (morbid?) curiosity I contacted the person at Precision Camera in Austin who handles their online orders. As of late April they had received ONE lens, and I was fourth in line for future shipments. Well, here it is five months later and she informed they have received ZERO lenses since then. Whoa.
I confess that my emotions in response to this factoid were mixed. On the one hand, I am reconciled to the reality that I do not need this lens. I own plenty of great gear to take bird photos without it, and if I never receive the lens the overall quality of my life will be unaffected, really. And my bank account will be less depleted. On the other hand, I also feel a mild kind of anger/disgust with Nikon for its apparent inability to get this job done. It's similar to the emotion I experience when my favorite football team has a bad game (which happened last Sunday). There is a certain perverse pleasure in feeling scornful and critical towards "my" team or camera company when they screw up, but beneath that I am still loyal and hopeful.
I confess that my emotions in response to this factoid were mixed. On the one hand, I am reconciled to the reality that I do not need this lens. I own plenty of great gear to take bird photos without it, and if I never receive the lens the overall quality of my life will be unaffected, really. And my bank account will be less depleted. On the other hand, I also feel a mild kind of anger/disgust with Nikon for its apparent inability to get this job done. It's similar to the emotion I experience when my favorite football team has a bad game (which happened last Sunday). There is a certain perverse pleasure in feeling scornful and critical towards "my" team or camera company when they screw up, but beneath that I am still loyal and hopeful.
amarnathtade
New member
Can someone who get their lens recently share their serial number? Just curious about the number of lenses nikon made to date. This website http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html is still at 1500ish.
200032XX, received July 22.
DRM
Active member
Does it have a plastic feel to it? Not nearly as heavy as you expect given the size?
The 400 f/4.5 feels like that to me. But I have to believe Nikon did extensive testing of the materials and that’s likely what the future holds. And based on my use of the 400 f/4.5, I bet in time I start associating that feel with modern day performance.
I an promise you that the lens is sharp and functions well. It does not need to be heavy to be an excellent lens. I have not used my 600 f/4 since getting the 800mm PF in May. My experience is I take the 800mm with me even if I "might" use it - such as a casual bird walk 800 miles from home. The 600 f/4 only went if I had plans to use it seriously.
Nikon stopped taking orders from their U.S. dealers for the 800mm and the 400mm lenses. That would indicate that current orders are 100% of what they can produce in the remainder of 2022. I received my 800mm in June through the NPS priority program and placed my order with Brad at Berger Bros. the day I received the notification from NPS. My priority 100-400mm lens with B&H was received and then sold to another customer so now all my orders are with Berger Bros or Samy's.