Samples

The following images were taken with the Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S lens mounted on a 45MP Nikon Z8 camera. In some shots I used the Z TC-1.4x teleconverter. All images were shot wide open as RAW files and developed in Lightroom 13.1/CRAW 16.1 from RAW to Adobe Vivid profile with the lens profile compensating CA, vignetting, and distortions. Noise-reduction is set to 0 on images shot below ISO 3000, on images with higher ISO I applied the new AI denoise in Lightroom with the standard setting of 50%. This resulted in a bit of extra sharpening over my normal sharpening of 50/0.5/36/10 but not overly so. See the following 100% crops of an image shot at ISO 6400:

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 6400 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; left without noise reduction, right with AI denoise; click here for large original

I applied exposure compensation but no extra tone, color, contrast, or saturation adjustment except for the Adobe Vivid profile. Some images are cropped a bit. All birds of prey except for the bearded vulture were behind a wire-mesh fence, so there are some artefacts in these images. But all other images were shot without a fence or glass interfering. The individual exposure details are stated for each image. All of my high-resolution Nikon Z 600mm f4 TC VR S sample images are available to download in their original formats for analysis at Flickr. These files are for personal evaluation only and cannot be used in another publication or website without permission.

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 360 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 400 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/160, 600mm, f6.3, 450 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 640 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 360 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 1250 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 900 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 1600 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/400, 600mm, f6.3, 200 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 560 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 1400 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/160, 600mm, f6.3, 250 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 900 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/250, 840mm, f9.0, 1400 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S + Z TC-1.4x; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 2000 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 3200 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/250, 600mm, f6.3, 200 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/250, 840mm, f9.0, 720 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S + Z TC-1.4x; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/160, 600mm, f6.3, 250 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/160, 600mm, f6.3, 1800 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/250, 840mm, f9.0, 7200 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S + Z TC-1.4x; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 6400 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/400, 600mm, f6.3, 200 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 280 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 600mm, f6.3, 220 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/250, 840mm, f9.0, 1400 ISO, Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S + Z TC-1.4x; click image for 4k version, here for large original