Introduction
The Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR is an expert super-telephoto zoom lens for Nikon Z-series full-frame mirrorless cameras.It includes a very advanced optical construction comprised of 25 components in 17 teams, together with 6 ED components, 1 aspherical ingredient, and a fluorine-coated entrance lens ingredient.This lens has a 9 blade diaphragm which creates a pretty blur to the out-of-focus areas of the picture.It is geared up with an optical vibration discount system that gives 5.5 stops of built-in stabilisation and has a mud and drip resistant design.An inside focusing mechanism means the lens barrel would not transfer, and it gives a formidable minimal focusing distance of 1.3 m (4.27 ft) and a most magnification ratio of 0.25x, while utilizing 95m filters.There is a configurable ring on the lens barrel which lets you management both aperture, publicity compensation or ISO pace.This lens can be appropriate with the Nikon Z 1.4x and 2x teleconverter extenders with no limitations on the zoom vary, providing focal ranges of 252-840mm and 360-1200mm respectively.The Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens is offered now priced at £1799 / $1699 within the UK and the US, respectively. It’s designed in Japan and made in China.
Ease of Use
Weighing in at 1955g (4lbs 5oz) excluding the tripod collar ring and measuring 31.5cm (12.5in.) in size, the Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR is a big and heavy lens, comprehensible given the massive focal vary of 180-600mm that is on supply.
It feels nicely balanced when utilizing it with a big sized digicam physique just like the Z9 physique that Nikon offered for us to check it with, as proven within the product photographs.
The inner focusing lens design signifies that the lens doesn’t prolong in any respect when zoomed out from 180mm to 600mm.
Construct high quality is excellent for what’s in any case a professional-level lens. With a principally metallic building, the Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR feels very strong in your hand, and it commendably has a metallic mount. Be aware that this lens additionally has a weather-resistant design to assist shield it towards mud and moisture.
There are two switches on the left hand facet of the Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens. The highest one is a swap for selecting between auto-focusing and guide focusing.
The underside one is a spotlight vary limiter swap with two settings, Full and Infinity-6m.
The built-in 5.5 stops of picture stabilisation are essential when hand-holding such an extended lens, and the system fortunately works very nicely, making certain that you would be able to shoot at slower shutter speeds than 1/600th and nonetheless get sharp outcomes (clearly relying in your method).
Be aware that there isn’t a exterior management on the lens for turning picture stabilisation on or off.
In the direction of the top of the Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens, you’ll additionally discover the customisable operate button, labeled as “L-Fn”. In the primary digicam menu, you’ll be able to select from one among 21 completely different features, together with AF lock, metering, topic monitoring, framing grid show and so forth.
There are an additional three unmarked buttons on the identical ring which is able to duplicate whichever setting you assign to the L-Fn button, making certain that you would be able to all the time entry one of many buttons regardless of the way you’re holding the lens.
In the direction of the lens mount finish of the Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens, there’s the primary (and smallest) of the lens’ three rings. This lens might be customised, too. By default it’s set to regulate aperture, however you can even change it to regulate publicity compensation or ISO. Alternatively you’ll be able to have it set to do nothing in any respect.
On the centre of the lens, you’ll discover the focusing ring. It has no onerous stops at both finish of the focusing ring, so it is tougher to know you when you may have reached infinity focusing. The ring has simply sufficient resistance to make nice changes to guide focusing, with out having an excessive amount of give.
The ultimate ring is the zoom ring, which has a brief zoom throw rotation of simply 70°. It has focal lengths marked at 180, 200, 300 400mm, 500mm and 600mm.
All three of the lens rings are ridged, serving to you’re feeling them by contact when taking pictures by the viewfinder. Additionally they assist so as to add to the high-quality and durable really feel of the Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens.
This lens has been designed to be as fast and quiet as doable when autofocusing. That makes it ideally positioned for each stills taking pictures and video.
Taking pictures with the lens proves it to have virtually unerringly correct and speedy autofocus within the majority of conditions, with barely any searching in any respect. It’s additionally impressively quiet, too.
An inbuilt tripod collar is included, in direction of the lens mount finish of the lens. You possibly can place it anyplace you want across the Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S lens, permitting you to connect the digicam to your tripod or monopod in no matter place you want it.
A detachable foot can be included, which has two completely different tripod attachment threads (one on the entrance, one on the again). You should utilize the dots on the tripod collar to match up with the traces on the lens itself to completely align it, too.
Additionally included within the field is a big lens hood (HB-109), which inserts onto the Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR’s 95mm filter thread. The hood locks into place and is reversible so you’ll be able to cut back the dimensions of the lens for transporting it and storing it at a smaller dimension.
Focal Vary
The Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR’s focal vary supplies an angle of view of 13° 40′ at 180mm and 4° 10′ at 600mm.
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Chromatic Aberrations
Chromatic aberrations, usually seen as blue or purple fringes alongside contrasty edges, weren’t particularly obvious in our check photographs, solely showing in very excessive distinction areas.
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Vignetting
With the Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens set to its most aperture, there may be some mild fall-off within the corners, which you may have to right in post-processing.
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Distortion
There’s some delicate pin-cushion distortion at both finish of the focal vary in each the JPEG and Uncooked recordsdata, but it surely’s not too pronounced.
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Macro
The Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR gives a minimal focusing distance of 1.3m (4.27ft) on the 180mm focal size and a pair of.4m (7.88ft) at 600mm, with a most magnification of 0.25x. This lets you seize some good macro photographs notably when taking pictures on the 600mm focal size.
Bokeh
Bokeh is a phrase used for the out-of-focus areas of {a photograph}, and is often described in qualitative phrases, equivalent to easy / creamy / harsh and many others.
Within the Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens, Nikon have employed an iris diaphragm with 9 rounded blades, which mixed regardless of the moderately gradual most apertures leads to pretty good bokeh in our view, particularly on the longer focal lengths.
We do realise, nevertheless, that bokeh analysis is subjective, so we have included a number of examples under on your perusal.
Sharpness
With the intention to present you ways sharp the Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens is, we’re offering 100% crops on the next pages.
