The new 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR with the AF-S Teleconverter TC800-1.25E ED?

Golf007sd

@DenverShooter Please keep us updated on your 800mm. I hope you get it before July...that is when we will be in Colorado...so maybe you will bring it along so some of us can get to see and if possible play with it.

Msmoto

Well, this new thing does have the latest VR...4 f/stops. So, can you handhold it at 1/60th of a second? Maybe this is kinda like using a sniper rifle....one has a very good base to hit something at 1500 yards.

Yetibuddha

I'll keep my money for that Acura that Msmoto photographed the other day!

DenverShooter

Teleconverted my 600mm F/4 with my TC 20 E III and in some instances that is insufficient. Which is why I ordered the 800mm.

Birds at large distances and wildlife with big teeth kind of a thing.

Denver Shooter

DenverShooter

@DenverShooter Please keep us updated on your 800mm. I hope you get it before July...that is when we will be in Colorado...so maybe you will bring it along so some of us can get to see and if possible play with it.

If I receive it by then it will be in the truck!

Denver Shooter

shawnino

DS: Insufficient in what way? Sharpness? If you're insufficient for length, the 800 won't help.

PB_PM

Indeed, maximum sharpness, even with super telephoto lenses is still going to be at distances less than 50 meters. Beyond 50 meters atmospheric conditions start to break down detail.

DenverShooter

Indeed, maximum sharpness, even with super telephoto lenses is still going to be at distances less than 50 meters. Beyond 50 meters atmospheric conditions start to break down detail.

Depends. I was out shooting the local Porsche Club annual ice race on a frozen lake a couple of weeks back and the air temp and the ice temp worked out just fine for me to use the my 600mm at significantly longer distances that 50 meters and retain plenty of sharpness.

You can run into issues with heat rising off from lakes while shooting birds in the early morning at 500 yard distances. its something you pay attention to in those situations.

But its not quite as cut and dry as saying there is a 50M maximum distance to retain maximum sharpness based upon atmospherics.. There are lots of different atmospheres...

Denver Shooter

PB_PM

True.

El_Pickerel

Hey cool, it's only half my yearly salary.

Also...a built-in aperture motor and fluorite glass? Hmm... is Canon playing a joke on us? :P

Msmoto

I am laughing when Golf says we can "play with it" LOL...

I will look at it from a distance, but that is about all. Maybe they will introduce some other TC's such as a 1.4x....?

Golf007sd

@Msmoto: If I see that lens anywhere within my reach, you can count on me in getting my hands on it. Hell, if I see a 300 2.8, 400 2.8, 500 or 600MM I will do the same. Keep in mind, if I can get a complete stranger to hand me his $20,000+ Hasselblad on a strange beach, I' sure a fellow NR member would be kind enough to let me slap my D4 on it and play with it. There is no harm in trying

PB_PM

) The super teles are fun to play with. I loved the 300mm F2.8G VR II I rented last year, but it an't a toy!

framer

The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys...

framer

Msmoto

Girls have fun as well, Sweetie. But, if one is serious about purchasing one of these, as Denver Shooter is, then the end use may justify it. As I have said before, somewhere, I photograph race cars. And these folks are spending $10,000-20,000 in a weekend of racing when they have a crew. And, if one has the unfortunate problem of trashing a race car it gets into the $100,000 range quickly. My camera gear is less than some spend in a weekend.

So, as you can tell, I am working on rationalizing this lens.....LOL only joking.... )

PB_PM

@Msmoto You never know when you're going to take that $10,000 shot.

Ironheart

You'd have to take two $10K shots to pay for this puppy :-D

DenverShooter

And I should mention that the teleconverter is according to Nikon individually "tuned" to the specific lens..

Sanook

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Golf007sd

10 reasons why it cost so much according to N-Photo.

Msmoto

I am buying my Lotto ticket today....

shawnino

Golf007sd's link and a couple other places say "expect prices to fall once dealers start discounting". That's can't be accurate, can it, particularly in the US?

The n-photo link happened to be UK, but I thought Nikon was rather cracking the whip on pricing lately?

PB_PM

Nikon USA has been enforcing MSRP, but that is not the case with all national distributors.

shawnino

We've actually been running a little bit better up here in Canada, but GST/HST eats most of the savings.

warprints

I considered buying this lens (yeah, right) when it becomes available, but then realized that I could get the new FJR1300 I've been looking at, and still have cash left over for the hypothetical D400 and a bunch of other toys. I don't think I need the lens as badly as I thought.