If you’re a wildlife photographer, sports photographer, or birding enthusiast, Nikon has an exciting new lens for you: the Nikon 400mm f/4.5 VR S Lens for Z mounts. This is the brand’s smallest and lightest 400mm lens to date.
This telephoto lens has it all — and then some. From crisp image quality to accurate focusing and a wide f/4.5 aperture, this lens promises stunning bokeh to make your subjects pop. Additionally, this innovation builds on Nikon’s decades of lens-crafting experience. It comes with highly reduced chromatic aberration, minimal color bleed, and reduced flare thanks to its nano crystal coat.
As many Nikon brand fans would expect, the new 400mm f/4.5 S Lens pairs nicely with the Nikon Z9 mirrorless digital camera. The powerhouse of a camera boasts all the wildlife and bird photography essentials — a 45MP sensor, speedy autofocus, 8K video, and up to 6.0 stops of vibration reduction. Combine it with the Nikon 400mm f/4.5 S lens and it’s a match made in heaven.
Ready to get your hands on this exciting new Nikon offering? Here’s everything we know about the Nikon 400mm f/4.5 S Lens.
Key Features of the Nikon 400mm f/4.5 S Lens
The Nikon 400mm f/4.5 S Lens comes packed with can’t-beat features: accurate focusing, speedy performance, sharp subjects, and gorgeous background bokeh. It’s super ED and SR glass elements ensures only the highest quality images. Plus, it’s impressively quiet and quick thanks to an STM motor. This means you don’t have to worry about startling the wildlife you’re trying to photograph.
The Nikon 400mm f/4.5 S Lens is also built for easy, seamless use. The lens body comes with an anti-slip rubber grip, a control ring, manual focus ring, Kensington slot, FN 2 buttons, and a focus limiter switch. It also features a built-in memory function that works in tandem with a camera’s memory recall function. For jet-setting and adventure photographers, the lens is also weather-sealed with top-notch dust and drip-resistance performance. Key features include:
- Aperture range of f/4.5 to f/32
- 5.5 VR/ 6.0 Synchro VR
- 19 elements, 13 groups
- Highly reduced chromatic aberration
- Minimal color bleed and edge-to-edge optical performance
- Superior balance
- Reduced flare via nano crystal coat
- STM motor for quiet, quick functionality
- Fluorine coat
- Weather sealed and protected for dust and drip-resistance performance
- Expands to 560mm with Z teleconverter TC-1.4x
- Expands to 800mm with Z teleconverter TC-2.0x
- Focus distance of 2.5m
- 95mm front filter
Nikon’s Smallest, Lightest 400mm Lens
Nikon is making it easier than ever to get out in the field for stunning wildlife and bird photography. This is the brand’s smallest and lightest 400mm lens. This means it’s just as perfect for at-home animal photography as it is for capturing gorgeous wildlife portraits around the world. The 400mm range is an ideal focal length for most safaris and wildlife cruises. You can also add to that and get even closer to those animals with the Z teleconverter TC-1.4x, which expands the lens to 560mm, and the teleconverter TC-2.0x, which expands it to 800mm.
Built for Precision and Power
The Nikon 400mm f/4.5 S Lens’ superlatives run the gamut. It’s precise with impressively sharp images and accurate autofocusing. It’s also powerful, with an STM motor that ensure it’s both speedy and quiet. Plus, the Nikon 400mm f/4.5 S Lens was crafted for in-the-field use with a weather-sealed body built to resist dust and drips. This new offering from Nikon is looking to be a great option for professional photographers.
