![Nikon 800mm f/5.6 E-FL-ED-VR lens design](https://ylovephoto.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Nikon-800mm-f5.6E-FL-ED-VR-lens-design-300x150.jpeg)
Nikon has decided to start renewing some of its sports- or wildlife-oriented long lenses this year (and probably in 2014 too). Starting in January 2013, they offer a monster of a lens, the Nikkor 800mm f/5.6 E FL ED VR.
It’s a monster of price (18,000 USD list price, but slightly better at B&H or Amazon), of weight (4.59 kg or 10.12 lb). But it’s also one of the longest focal you can really find on the market (older 1200mm heavy-weights are out-of-market, in all senses of the word).
The most prominent features are a dream for all photographers (in this category):
- Two ED glass elements (“fluorite” for those more used to Canon language, despite the small differences between these technologies)
- Electro-magnetically-controled diaphragm (like in the PC-E line of lenses)
- Included TC800-1.25E ED extender designed specially to create a 1000mm f/7.1 beast (the first extender ever to include an ED glass element).
![Nikon 800mm f/5.6 architecture](https://ylovephoto.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Nikon-800mm-f5.6-architecture-300x155.png)
![Nikkor 800mm](https://ylovephoto.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Nikkor_800mm.jpg)
![Nikkor TC800 1.25x](https://ylovephoto.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Nikkor_TC800-300x300.jpg)
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One response to “Nikon 800mm f/5.6 E FL ED VR: new, big, black”
This lens is delayed by a few weeks (officially, end of April). Probably nothing very noticeable, though.