Nikon 180-600 - Photo Share & Discussion Thread

[Micky]

I stepped outside this morning to get the griddle ready to cook sausage and pancakes. Saw these critters and grabbed my camera. Great way to start the day.

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[BLev65]

Red Kite and Buzzard, UK. Wild birds on a friends farm, using a hide. I prefer my 400mm 4.5 for the flight shots purely because of the weight difference.

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Love the flight shot!... glorious light, composition, and subject!

 

[Oldnintheway]

I stepped outside this morning to get the griddle ready to cook sausage and pancakes. Saw these critters and grabbed my camera. Great way to start the day.
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Another beauty! He looks fairly young, hope he lives a few more years. Is there hunting around you?

 

[Micky]

Love the flight shot!... glorious light, composition, and subject!

Another beauty! He looks fairly young, hope he lives a few more years. Is there hunting around you?

I think he is 2 1/2 years old. Yes, there is hunting around us.

 

[Micky]

Another beauty! He looks fairly young, hope he lives a few more years. Is there hunting around you?

I believe he is a 2 1/2 year old. Not much hunting pressure around here.

 

[Oldnintheway]

Loving this lens! I have noticed that photos I've posted are degraded compared to my originals.

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[Cameron T]

Loving this lens! I have noticed that photos I've posted are degraded compared to my originals.
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Nice shot.

But yeah, when you downscale them so far to fit here, it can make them look worse.

 

[BertieB]

I received my 180-600mm the other day and took it out for a quick walk yesterday. Not much around but managed to get this insect on a flower in my garden at the mine camp in the DRC. Must admit, I am very pleasantly surprised about the quality and for me it is a definite upgrade from the 200-500mm. Will take this lens along when out in the national parks in Africa to compliment the 70-200 & 800mm.

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[ajrmd]

Nice shot.

But yeah, when you downscale them so far to fit here, it can make them look worse.

Especially when cropped when the resolution has already been compromised.

 

[gdecamp]

I received my 180-600mm the other day and took it out for a quick walk yesterday. Not much around but managed to get this insect on a flower in my garden at the mine camp in the DRC. Must admit, I am very pleasantly surprised about the quality and for me it is a definite upgrade from the 200-500mm. Will take this lens along when out in the national parks in Africa to compliment the 70-200 & 800mm.

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Nice image and congratulations! I really like using the 180-600 as well, nice size and the zoom is a great asset at times!

 

[NorthernFocus]

I stepped outside this morning to get the griddle ready to cook sausage and pancakes. Saw these critters and grabbed my camera. Great way to start the day.
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I'd say that a nice way to start the day. Nice job making some great captures.

 

[Dave Douglass]

Here's a shot I got of a male pileated woodpecker that was very close. 8 yards! Z9, 180-600 lens (love this lens), hand held, 1/1600th, f 8.0, ISO 8000

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[Lance B]

Some recent 180-600 shots.

1) Rainbow Bee-eater, female. She is a bit dirty as she and her mate have been digging their burrow/nest in the sand bank.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/320s f/6.0 at 350.0mm iso2500

2) Turquoise Parrot, male.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/500s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso1600

3) Zebra Finch, male.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/320s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso5000

4) Turquoise Parrot, male.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/250s f/6.0 at 400.0mm iso1800

5) Little Lorikeet

Z8 + 180-600, 1/400s f/6.0 at 450.0mm iso2500

6) Little Lorikeets

Z8 + 180-600, 1/400s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso560

7) Variegated Fairywren

Z8 + 180-600, 1/400s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso250

 

[tomfranic]

Beautiful set Lance

 

[Lance B]

Beautiful set Lance

Thank you very much, Tom. Much appreciated!

 

[Charles Loy]

@Lance B - amazing small bird series! Fantastic

 

[Lance B]

@Lance B - amazing small bird series! Fantastic

Thank you very much, Charles. Much appreciated!

 

[MatthewK]

I'd suffer that 24 hour flight to Australia just to photograph Fairy Wrens.

 

[Photographer_Bill]

Some recent 180-600 shots.

1) Rainbow Bee-eater, female. She is a bit dirty as she and her mate have been digging their burrow/nest in the sand bank.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/320s f/6.0 at 350.0mm iso2500

2) Turquoise Parrot, male.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/500s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso1600

3) Zebra Finch, male.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/320s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso5000

4) Turquoise Parrot, male.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/250s f/6.0 at 400.0mm iso1800

5) Little Lorikeet

Z8 + 180-600, 1/400s f/6.0 at 450.0mm iso2500

6) Little Lorikeets

Z8 + 180-600, 1/400s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso560

7) Variegated Fairywren

Z8 + 180-600, 1/400s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso250

Showing off what this lens is capable of in good hands. Fantastic shots, if I hadn't read 180-600 first I would have thought these were 600 f/4 shots

 

[BLev65]

Some recent 180-600 shots.

1) Rainbow Bee-eater, female. She is a bit dirty as she and her mate have been digging their burrow/nest in the sand bank.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/320s f/6.0 at 350.0mm iso2500

2) Turquoise Parrot, male.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/500s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso1600

3) Zebra Finch, male.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/320s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso5000

4) Turquoise Parrot, male.

Z8 + 180-600, 1/250s f/6.0 at 400.0mm iso1800

5) Little Lorikeet

Z8 + 180-600, 1/400s f/6.0 at 450.0mm iso2500

6) Little Lorikeets

Z8 + 180-600, 1/400s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso560

7) Variegated Fairywren

Z8 + 180-600, 1/400s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso250

Really sweet series Lance... I love the pair of little lorikeets and fairy wren... I'm going to have to find a way to meet you up in Australia one of these days.
I'm wondering if, like me, you are reaching less for your other lenses now that you have the 180-600. My 400 f4.5 has been used only once since getting the 180-600, and the 800PF is only used to pull more distant subjects in or during shoots where its increased focal length will be deemed necessary.
This $1700 lens is a marvel... while it is a little slower to find focus, I have yet to see how its optics are a "real" compromise after doing a minimum of post-processing.
cheers,
bruce

 

[Cameron T]

Really sweet series Lance... I love the pair of little lorikeets and fairy wren... I'm going to have to find a way to meet you up in Australia one of these days.
I'm wondering if, like me, you are reaching less for your other lenses now that you have the 180-600. My 400 f4.5 has been used only once since getting the 180-600, and the 800PF is only used to pull more distant subjects in or during shoots where its increased focal length will be deemed necessary.
This $1700 lens is a marvel... while it is a little slower to find focus, I have yet to see how its optics are a "real" compromise after doing a minimum of post-processing.
cheers,
bruce

It's like I told people before, the 180-600 is an incredible value, and still very sharp.

It's why I waited so long (though I wish it hadn't been that long...) to see it instead of buying primes/etc. For my use case (having one body), a zoom makes a lot more sense, and this one is very good.

 

[MrFotoFool]

I ordered mine yesterday from my local dealer (Tucson Camera Repair). He said I am third on the list and he is getting them at a rate of one per week, so hopefully I will have it before Christmas. (Not that I specifically bought it as a Christmas present to myself, but the timing of my finances just worked out). I used to have the Sony 200-600 so I am somewhat familiar with how this lens will work, but it will give me time to practice before I go to Spain at end of February. (I have hired a guide for two days to search for Iberian lynx, which includes some time in a private photo hide).

 

[MrFotoFool]

...This $1700 lens is a marvel... while it is a little slower to find focus, I have yet to see how its optics are a "real" compromise after doing a minimum of post-processing...

And in fact Steve's video and another video I watched show that this lens is actually sharper around the 300-400mm range than the 100-400 S, even though that lens is a more expensive S series lens.

 

[BLev65]

It's like I told people before, the 180-600 is an incredible value, and still very sharp.

It's why I waited so long (though I wish it hadn't been that long...) to see it instead of buying primes/etc. For my use case (having one body), a zoom makes a lot more sense, and this one is very good.

I really like the lens, but I also liked the Nikon 200-400 f/4 VR a lot. I think that raw sharpness is overrated. I love the flexibility of a good quality zoom. My only caveat is that I wish Nikon made an S version of the lens w faster AF acquisition, integrated tripod collar, and nano coating. I’m fine w/ the lack of dedicated MF ring, as the control ring meets this need, but the other 3 items do impact my shooting.

I have a few trips planned for December and January… how I use these 3 lenses may ultimately determine whether I keep them all.

 

[Cameron T]

I really like the lens, but I also liked the Nikon 200-400 f/4 VR a lot. I think that raw sharpness is overrated. I love the flexibility of of a good quality zoom. My only caveat is that I wish Nikon made an S version of the lens w faster AF acquisition, integrated tripod collar, and nano coating. I’m fine w/ the lack of dedicated MF ring, as the control ring meets this need, but the other 3 items do impact my shooting.

I have a few trips planned for December and January… how I use these 3 lenses may ultimately determine whether I keep them all.

I would have honestly paid a lot more for a better lens, like you said, better coatings, etc. A second control/function ring would have been much better for me as well.

The collar I don't care so much about personally. I tossed a Kirk enterprise plate on it, works perfectly fine for what I do.

But for the price? It's an incredible lens, and I won't complain about what it's lacking so much.