who cares what this chart says... real life results show this lens is absolutely amazing...

Muito obrigado! 🙏

THX my friend. That was the information, that i needed :-) Best greetings from a small Town near Hamburg in Germany. Abonemended and Thums up!

Thank you! I was so worried I’d break it.

I ordered a new battery door cover after not finding mine, but after watching the part in your video where the old one was in the battery grip, I looked and there it was!....lol Well, now I have and extra battery door cover. It snapped back on perfectly...Thanks!

Great thanks but mine is simply not coming off. So frustrating because I know if I pull any harder im gonna break one of the tips that holds it in place. I even called Nikon and it's not happening. I'm feeling very stupid...

Coudnt you record from 600mm 80x more far ?

Not working for me…Nikon deserves 10 FUs.

As I understand - 800 pf should have less resolution in red color, but in my experience I don’t see any problem in resolution at all. It’s excellent lens - I own one. Details on my photos on z8 are perfect. I had canon 300 mm f2.8 ( first version) and resolution on my r5 was not enough- I sold it. I bought rf 100-500 and resolution is much better, even that is 7.1 lens on 500 mm. 800 pf in my opinion is excellent lens. All comparisons show that in 800 mm range better to have 800 pf than 400 mm and 600 mm prims with teleconverter.

I am new to wildlife and editing and just found your KZbin. You did a wonderful job on explaining how you edit your photos. Hopefully you will do more I also watched your KZbin on kayaking. Again you do a wonderful job on explaining to bad you don’t have any newer episodes.

Lots of good info here, thanks! It was made perfectly clear as to how vital a wide aperture is for resolution, but with the implications of the old 12Mpix cameras would it be better to use a 24Mpix camera with a long f6.3 lens rather than a 46Mpix camera please? The other question I had was comparing the Z 600mm f6.3 and the Z800mm...would it be better just to crop please? Thanks.

how do you put the battery cover back on

This is excellent choice. NO way you can get the images desired on fast action for example in baseball and getting the bat contacting the ball @ 30FPS, impossible. Great advice on how to convert image to raw and compensate for low resolution. Thanks. do have some of an issue in my Z9 on focusing and at times having the camera catch the eye and stay focused.

Wow what a hassle, now thinking should get some extra doors. What happened to Nihonjin practicality and or ease of use? They had the same door for decades it seems.

Thanks man! 1st is was the back cap on the nikor lens and now the damn battery door for the grip. Why do they not say how to do this in the manuals? Both times had to search the web for forums or videos. Wonder what else is next bought 2 new cameras or 3 should say, all nikons a Z9, Z7II and a Coolpix 950 as our older Canons and Nikons were over 10- 20yrs. But man did they go backward in usability.

to follow your logic you can try get really close to a subject with your 50mm lens and you'll have the same image as you could with 800mm lens.. GOdd luck!

Rare snowy owl

Thanks for making this. Probably the 4th time I have watched this so please don't delete. It is super helpful for something that I don't frequently remove. By the way it works equally well for the Nikon Z8 and the MB-N12 Power Battery Pack.

YW, glad it helped

Tx !

I come back to this video every now and again. Thanks!

Just ran across this vid...wow great info. Salient detail for me was what we actually are able to SEE when a print is on the wall, and I've always felt this way since doing my own printing...Photoshop resizing is just fine! I loved my D700, but sold it to a friend when moving up (and miss it) but he produces FINE wall art with those 12 super fat megapixels!

So boring video

Thanks ayh.

Great Video Bill! Are you using the same lens for both stills and video? Thanks!

Hi Bill, This is a great video with Great Advice! How do you keep a big camera always ready to go while in a kayak? That seems to be my biggest issue. thanks for your help!

Poor interview.

Awesome review thank you. Totally sold me on it. And thank you for mentioning that the 16V doesn't fit in the cuff... I almost ordered the 16v but I need them in the cuffs.

It seems to me the photographer who seriously considers an 800mm lens falls into one of two camps. In one camp, is the photographer who uses a shorter than 800mm lens but is frequently cropping to get a desired framing. A longer focal length from the same location will make the subject fill more of the frame and require less cropping. The other option this photographer has to "fill the frame" is to get nearer the subject. That's worth persuing - we always need to be open to ways to improve our field craft - but there does come a time when "getting closer" isn't a viable option. In the second camp is the photographer who works at 800mm with at least some frequency but owns a lens with a smaller aperture; a lens that doesn't collect as much light from the subject as the 800mm f/6.3 PF. Personally, I'm in the second camp. My standard wildlife kit is a D500 with a 200-500mm f/5.6E. The angle of view captured at the APS-C sensor matches the angle of view projected by a 750mm lens on a full-frame sensor. The 200-500's maximum entrance pupil diameter is 89mm. The 800mm f/6.3 PF on a Z8 or Z9 would basically be a wash in terms of reach. The angle of view captured by the full-frame body would be a skosh tighter. However, the 800mm f/6.3 PF has a maximum entrance pupil diameter of 127mm. That is a significant advantage in light-gathering compared to the 89mm entrance pupil of the shorter f/5.6 lens. I'd also be putting more than twice as many pixels on the subject; 45MP with the 800PF mounted to a Z8 or Z9 compared to 20MP with the 200-500/D500 combo. When the guest in the video talks about longer lenses only cropping deeper than shorter ones, he misrepresents reality. Regardless of lens aperture, a lens of focal length X puts fewer pixels on the subject than a lens of focal length 2X. The subject image projected by the longer focal length lens covers more of the sensor. That image covers twice the width and height, and four-times as many pixels as the image projected by the shorter focal length. Let's factor in the light-gathering power of the lenses. A 400mm f/4 lens has a 100mm entrance pupil diameter. A 600mm f/6.3 lens has a 95mm entrance pupil diameter. Some photographers might assume the 400mm f/4 captures more light from a subject than a 600mm f/6.3; a lot more. In fact, they're about the same (95mm vs 100mm) and, because the image projected by the longer lens will cover a larger area of the sensor, the longer lens will put more pixels on the subject. More than twice as many pixels. There are a lot of wildlife enthusiasts who shoot with APS-C cameras and 150-600mm consumer zooms. They know what it's like to handhold an effective 900mm focal length. That's the angle of view they're working with all the time. There are a lot of wildlife enthusiasts who shoot with full-frame cameras and lenses ranging from 500mm to 600mm in focal length. If those photographers are cropping, losing detail and increasing the visibility of noise as a result (cropping not only magnifies the imperfections in the image projected by a lens, it also throws away light and makes noise more prominent), upgrading to the 800mm f/6.3PF will increase reach, capture more light from the subject and make higher quality images, as a result. The challenge - other than financial :) - is to have the discipline to wait for photo ops when the subject is actually filling the frame. I think we tend to get into the habit of settling for photo ops that require significant cropping in post. A photographer who upgrades to a longer lens to address this "need" will only see improved image quality if they have the discipline to wait for the subject to fill more of the frame than is their habit. Only then, will they be taking advantage of what the longer lens offers. If they settle for the same loosely framed shots that created the need for a longer lens in the first place, they'll actually be settling for photo ops in which the subject is farther from them than when they were using the shorter lens.

after removing the screw I was thinking it would come right off but NOPE then I found you, thank you for the quick and super helpful video!

He makes it sound like all you need is a 24mm prime for wildlife lol. I'm betting the 800mm shot would look substantially better than a cropped 400mm shot. Especially in video.

Wow are the thousands of how to videos that had to have been the worst

And what are you doing outside? Most are doing virtually nothing. I need durable, thin, heated work gloves. Good for 10 hours. Touch screen compatible. Yeah, it doesn’t exist. 🤬

I laughed with you gave the finger LOL. It worked according to you instructions. Subscribed

As soon as someone says “budget aside” the discussion becomes meaningless. Obviously if money is no object we’d all be using $20,000 lenses. And even more obvious is that if we could get closer we would! Why use a TC or use an 800mm lens if you can just walk a few steps? There are many reasons you cannot get closer, which is why we need TCs and telephoto lenses. I’ve seen incredible shots with the 800mm on a Z9. Nobody cares about all your technical babble … we care about results. If we can get the same results with a lens that is half the price, we will. And your cropping comments are ridiculous. Bottom line: you’ve convinced me to get the 800mm PF for my Z9.

You're not using a glove. You have a mitten on your left hand. I've never seen a glove big enough to accept a liner inside. How many gloves have all that empty interior space around the finger? If it did, it wouldn't fit!

Nice video with lots of good tips, how the heck are you able to keep your tripod secure on your kayak?

yes 👍

It might be the best birding lens on the market > 'IF' Nikon made a pro level APS-C mirrorless body. A straight 800mm is too short for me otherwise, and strapping a TC on it, would kind of defeat the purpose of shooting with a relatively fast 800mm lens.

It would have helped if you had shown you actually removing the door.

Thanks you 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Very difficult footage for me. I speak English, but a little ;-) Please tell me! I'm thinking about two possibilities: Option 1 - Nikon Z 400mm 4.5 + (occasional for birds) TC x2.0 Option 2 - Nikon Z 800mm 6.3 Short description: I will be using Nikon Z9. I don't use it from the lookout. I go on short photo trips. I walk in search of birds and animals (forest, by the water, bushes). Optionally, I use a tripod to observe birds from a distance in places I know. (e.g. nesting sites, bird patches and small islands in the lake). Has anyone considered using the Nikon Z 800 6.3 with an additional teleconverter, e.g. x1.4? Thank You and best regards!

100000 Likes for this video. 60degrees is the perfect word. Effortless.

The feeling of not wanting to break it but knowing it's just about to detach is horrible! Finally just went for it and heard a snap...it's just the plastic sliding out, loud but not damaging, thankfully!

Thank you so much for this ! My battery door got corroded and completely fell apart, and i was wondering how i could replace it

You could have explained that in 30 seconds 🙄

I have a Nucanoe Frontier 12, its a great kayak, I take the kids along with me sometimes and even other adults, I like the big deck because I can lay down on it to get nice and low for some shots

Nice video Bill, thank you. Can you explain in another video, how you fix your camera and tripod on the kayak?

Thank you ! Easy explained.

Even with the new firmware 4.0 the autofocus of the Z9 sucks when the bird is passing a busy background. Really, really terrible. I use also a Sony A1 and the A1 does a much, much better job here. This is really disappointing.