Did I make a mistake bringing my Nikon 800mm 6.3 to Australia?

[@hansandersson2863]

I sold mi 400 f4,5 and get the 800 f6,3 and I just love it

[@bernieshore]

For the right application the 800mm is just incredible. The 400mm seems a nice option but maybe for larger game. Super small and light tho!

[@fredlar9421]

800/6.3 is made for travel due to its small size compared to bigger brothers, 600/4 or 800/5.6.

[@bernieshore]

For sure, it’s a pleasure to travel with. I’d still jump for the 600mm Z F4 TC if I had the money haha Thanks for your comment

[@davepastern]

heads up - little grebe is actually called the Australasian grebe. blue fairwyren is the superb fairywren I wish Canon would have a 800/6.3 option. Even a 800/8 would be nice.

[@bernieshore]

Great call, didn’t pick that up. Yeah Canon have some unique lens offerings but a shame they didn’t go a 800mm 6.3. They had/have a nice 5.6 but a bit of a behemoth. Thanks for your comment :)

[@davepastern]

@@bernieshore Being an Australian gives me an advantage when it comes to our birds. I would suck with American/Canadian birds! Canon has the RF 800mm f5.6 but it is a rip off. It is basically the RF 600mm f4 with a permanently attached RF 1.4x TC. I can get the 600 and 1.4x TC for 21k. The RF 800 costs 32k in Australia. You'd have to be stupid to buy the RF 800. Nikon easily has the best range of wildlife lenses for their mirrorless cameras.

[@thomastuorto9929]

I think if one starts off with the 280-600, they should keep it & then add the 800pf. My only long lens is the 200-500 (still using a D810) & although I have to do some heavy cropping for most photos, there are times when I need to zoom out. Of course a lot of the times I go out & if something is not around which is mostly coastal migratory, I’ll shoot anything. On a long distance trips like you mention, would be better to have both, heck, even local.Wouldn’t make sense to go without a backup.

[@jklbd4815]

Damn, this lens is really sharp..

[@donnelson4140]

Long time ago I had a pre-war 800mm f5, manual focus, manual aperture. It covered 6x7 and was very sharp, but didn’t work well for surfers. Your lens probably would have been better.

[@bernieshore]

Oh wow, that would have been a very unique piece of glass. To cover 6x7 it must have been a beast! The 800mm 6.3 would be a great lens for the surf. Thanks for your comment

[@markrigg6623]

But I thought you were shore?

[@bernieshore]

Hahahahaha Shore by name not by nature. Have a great weekend mate 😂

[@DAVE_WHITE]

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