NIKON Z 400MM F/2.8 TC VR S

Sell your car and buy the Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S telephoto lens instead

- Matthew Richards

www.nikon.com £13,500/$14,000

The Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 TC TVR S adds genuine clout to the Z-system telephoto lineup. Lenses with built-in teleconverters to extend the focal length are rare, but not unique. Nikon already makes the AF-S 180-400mm f/4E ED VR TC1.4 F-mount super-telephoto zoom with a built-in teleconverter, and this prime lens follows suit, combining a native 400mm f/2.8 configuration with a 1.4x extender that gives you 560mm at f/4. Not only is the internal teleconverter much quicker to add into or take out of the equation with a simple flip of a lever, it's also designed specifically to match the optical characteristics of this particular lens.

Key features

There's no getting away from the fact that dream-team specifications like these demand a big, heavy build, with this lens weighing in at just under 3kg. That's 20 percent lighter than Nikon's latest 400mm f/2.8 F-mount lens, though; and while it's a bit of a whopper at 156 x 380mm, there's a lot packed in.