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By: Wade Tregaskis

Wade Tregaskis — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:33:46 +0000

Ah, yes – with a Z5 I don’t think you’ll have any complaints given the lower sensor resolution. The 100-400 isn’t that soft, even for the [likely] bad copy I had. And image quality beyond just sharpness is very good – bokeh etc. You’ll be very happy, I think.

By: Yash R Gupta

Yash R Gupta — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:49:17 +0000

Thanks. The lens is going to be a huge upgrade for me and I won’t have the kind of lenses you have on hand to compare against(I have the 300mm f4.5 AI-S) So one worry is that I won’t catch the sharpness issues like you did with yours, especially since I’ll be using it with a Z5.

By: Wade Tregaskis

Wade Tregaskis — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:49:20 +0000

In reply to Yash R Gupta.

Oh wow – thanks! I’m flattered. I despise ads, so I can’t see myself ever using them in anything I create.

Good luck getting the 100-400 – I’m surprised you’re finding there’s a wait, given how quickly I got mine after ordering it. That was twenty minutes after launch, though – perhaps there’s a backlog built up since?

And I hope it turns out a bit sharper for you than my copy was. Even as soft as my copy was, it was still such a tempting lens. I really wish it had been a bit sharper. Every day since, that I’ve used the Sigma 150-600 instead, I’ve been steadily grinding down my teeth in the frustration of buggy autofocus and practically dysfunctional image stabilisation. Fingers crossed for the upcoming 200-600 Z!

By: Yash R Gupta

Yash R Gupta — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:31:29 +0000

Oh wade, I stumbled across your blog while searching for information about the current wait time for the backordered Nikon Z 100-400mm lens. At first it felt like I had gone back in time to the early 2000s. The early stages of Web 2.0 where people blogged just to create content without concern for monetizing it via ads. I even disabled my ad-blocker to check if your blog really was this clean and minimal.
Shortly after, I came upon this post with this title that brought back the reality of what the internet today is really like. Just wanted to say thank you for keeping on doing what you do here.