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Quick Overview
- Z-Mount Lens/FX Format
- Aperture Range: f/4.5 to f/40
- Six Super ED and Two ED Glass Elements
- ARNEO and Nano Crystal Coatings
- Multi-Focus Stepping Motor AF System
- Vibration Reduction Image Stabilization
- Programmable Control Ring
- Inner Balance Technology
- Information OLED Panel and L.Fn Button
- Weather-Sealed Design, Fluorine Coating
- Filter Size - 77mm (Front)
Product Description
Offering super-telephoto reach in a portable design, the NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, from Nikon, is a versatile zoom well-suited for sports and wildlife applications. Covering a broad telephoto range, the lens manages to remain relatively lightweight and compact, making it ideal for travel as well, and it incorporates Inner Balance technology that maintains stability when tracking moving subjects and shooting atop a gimbal head.
Optical Design
- Featuring a combination of Super ED and ED glass elements, chromatic aberrations and color fringing is effectively eliminated throughout the zoom range for notable clarity and color accuracy.
- ARNEO and Nano Crystal Coats are used to prevent ghosting, reflections, and flare in order to realize improved contrast and clarity when working in strong lighting and backlit conditions. The Nano Crystal Coat controls incidental light from a diagonal direction while the ARNEO Coat controls incidental light from a vertical direction.
Autofocus and Vibration Reduction
- The Multi-focus system incorporates two separate AF drive units, which are synchronized, to deliver especially fast and accurate focusing throughout the zoom range. This system uses stepping motors, which offer impressively smooth and quiet autofocus performance that is well-suited to both stills and video applications.
- Full-time manual focus override is also possible and an internal focusing design is used, where only the internal lens groups are moved during focusing, to maintain the overall length of the lens during use and to promote faster focusing speeds.
- Minimum focusing distance of 2.5', along with a maximum magnification of 0.38x, benefits working with close-up subjects.
- Vibration Reduction image stabilization helps to reduce the appearance of camera shake by approximately 5.5 stops to better enable handheld shooting in low-light situations.
Handling and Design
- Short zoom throw rotation of just 80° permits quick changing between the 100mm to the 400mm positions.
- Programmable Control Ring is, by default, set to adjust manual focus, but can also be used to control aperture or exposure compensation.
- Integrated OLED lens information panel allows you to quickly confirm aperture setting, focus distance, and depth of field figures right on the lens in both bright and dark situations.
- Two assignable L.Fn buttons work in conjunction with camera-based Fn buttons to provide seamless points for quickly changing exposure settings and other functions.
- Dust- and moisture-resistant lens barrel, along with a front fluorine coating, benefits the lens' use in inclement conditions.
- Inner Balance technology helps maintain a consistent center of gravity when shifting the zoom position, offering greater stability when tracking moving subjects using a gimbal head.
- Rotating tripod collar offers mounting stability when shooting atop a monopod or tripod.
- Compatible with optional Z-Teleconverter TC-1.4x and TC-2x to further extend the reach of this lens.
| Focal Length | 100 to 400mm |
| Maximum Aperture | f/4.5 to 5.6 |
| Minimum Aperture | f/32 to 40 |
| Lens Mount | Nikon Z |
| Format Compatibility | Full-Frame |
| Angle of View | 24° 20' to 6° 10' |
| Minimum Focus Distance | 2.5' / 75 cm |
| Close-Up Magnification | 0.38x |
| Optical Design | 25 Elements in 20 Groups |
| Diaphragm Blades | 9, Rounded |
| Focus Type | Autofocus |
| Image Stabilization | Yes |
| Tripod Collar | Fixed and Rotating |
| Filter Size | 77 mm (Front) |
| Dimensions (ø x L) | 3.9 x 8.7" / 98 x 222 mm |
| Weight | 3.2 lb / 1435 g |
| In The Box | Nikon NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S Lens LC-77B Lens Cap Nikon LF-N1 Rear Lens Cap Nikon HB-103 Lens Hood CL-C3 Lens Case Limited 1-Year Warranty |
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| MFG Part# | 20106 |
| Condition | New |
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