Nikon 600mm f/4G ED AF-S VR Nikkor Lens

Fast, high-performance professional prime lens for serious wildlife and sports shooters featuring Nikon VR image stabilization system plus Nano Crystal Coat. The ultimate birding lens, which is simply an astounding tele lens! Effortless quiet and quick autofocus! Super sharp photos! Even when a 1.4 Teleconverter is attached this lens acts none is attached! You'll absolutely love the lens and you'll want to keep it for your lifetime.

Probably the best investment you will ever make in a lens! It's a way up in the top quality bracket and is capable of creating stunning results after you have mastered specialist handling issues of a lens of this size. The contrast is absolutely superb while aberration and distortion control are first rate. The downside? it's huge (17.5 inches in length), and heavy (weighs 11.2 lbs) plus it's expensive (At over $10,000, that's more than some cars).

Included is a huge Trunk Storage Case (CT-607) which combines cushions and partition to allow easy storage of camera bodies, flashes and other photographic gear..

Super Telephoto Lens
High Power telephoto lenses from 400 mm to 800 mm (APS-C 300 mm 500 mm) and longer are very expensive, even for the slower versions, but they provide the ultimate in telephoto photography. Deep pockets are needed for most lenses in this range, particularly the faster versions, as one lens can cost more than the average person may spend on photography in their life. A super-telephoto lens can reveal far-off objects barely visible to the human eye.
A professional-quality 400 mm ƒ/2.8 lens is the ultimate dream lens of many sports and wildlife photographers, which they may save for years to acquire. A 600 mm ƒ/4 lens is even more striking, but the 16-times magnification of an 800 mm ƒ/5.6 lens can also be used for astrophotography with clear, vivid results.

Professional photographers are the primary consumers of such magnificent lenses. A majority of the images we see in publications are shot with these lenses. May 9, 2011

 • AF-S Autofocus lens featuring a Silent wave, coreless, integrated, focus motor (unwrapped in 1996). Basically an updated AF-I Autofocus-Silent sporting a "Silent Wave Motor" (ultrasonic) to focus near silently and fast.

• A/M - autofocus encompassing manual override, AF precedence mode. that minimizes the sensitivity to the manual focus override to preclude surprising changes from auto mode to manual.

• DX - NIKKOR - Compact and lightweight Nikon DX lenses feature a lesser image circle and are specifically created and optimized for the Nikon D-series, digital SLR camera bodies. An ideal option for photographers and enthusiasts who require shooting of expansive landscapes with Nikon DX DSLR

• Three ED- (Extra-low Dispersion Glass Elements)
a necessary element of the Nikon telephoto lens Nikon engineered Extra-low Dispersion optical glass to facilitate the manufacture of lenses that provide superior color correction and sharpness by diminishing chromatic aberrations

• FX-format
The leading factor setting the Nikon FX apart from other sensors is the large size of the pixels, which allows for more light collection.

• G - labeled after the f-number. All the newer AF lenses, including AF-S and specifically G, are also D. Nikon no longer makes an effort to mark the D. G-lenses contains no aperture ring, therefore aperture may only be electronically controlled by the camera and only autofocus camera bodies featuring function dials have the capacity to control G lenses

• N-Nano Crystal Coat
Nano Crystal Coat consist of an antireflective coat that stemmed from the cultivation of Nikon NSR-series (Step and Repeat type) semiconductor fabricating devices

• RD- Rounded 9 Blade Diaphragm
Soft-focus images of point light resources create accepted polygonal shapes that mirror the form of the cavity produced by the diaphragm blades

• SWM- Silent Wave Motor
Nikon AF-S engineering is yet one more rationale why professional photographers like Nikon telephoto optical lenses.

• VR II Vibration Reduction system
Provides the equivalent of employing a 4 stops faster shutter speed This second generation VR is known as VR II, that was engineered to provide an additional 1-stop improvement over the initial VR

• Tripod Detection Mode - A function of select NIkon VR lenses, Tripod Detection reduces shutter release vibration automatically when the camera tripod mounted

• Rugged, reliable, lightweight construction features a magnesium die-cast barrel and professional-grade dust and moisture resistance

• CT-607 Trunk Case,
• HK-35 Hood,
• LN-1 Strap,
• 52mm NC Filter,
• 52mm Slip-in Filter Holder,
• Front Lens Cover,
• LF-1 Rear Lens Cap,
• Tripod/Monopod Collar