Product Description
Nikon NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S Lens
The Nikon NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S lens offers exceptional versatility, ideal for sports, action, and wildlife photographers. With a super-telephoto zoom range and advanced optical technology, this lens delivers outstanding performance in a compact and lightweight design, making it suitable for both fieldwork and travel. Equipped with advanced vibration reduction (VR) and autofocus systems, it allows for handheld shooting, while its durability ensures it can handle challenging environments.
Key Features:
- Z-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format: Designed for full-frame Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras.
- Aperture Range: f/4.5 to f/40: Flexible aperture for various lighting conditions.
- Advanced Optics: Incorporates 6 ED and 2 Super ED glass elements to reduce chromatic aberrations and improve image clarity.
- Vibration Reduction (VR) Image Stabilization: Provides up to 5.5 stops of stabilization for smooth, blur-free images.
- 9-Rounded Blade Diaphragm: Delivers smooth, circular bokeh for a professional background blur.
- Stepping Motor AF System: Fast, quiet, and accurate autofocus suitable for both stills and video.
- Weather-Sealed Construction: Dust and moisture-resistant design for reliable use in harsh conditions.
Super-Telephoto Flexibility
The NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S is a super-telephoto zoom lens perfect for capturing distant subjects like wildlife or fast-moving athletes. Despite its broad zoom range, it remains lightweight and portable, making it ideal for handheld shooting or travel. The lens features Inner Balance technology, which helps maintain stability when zooming, ensuring smooth performance when tracking moving subjects or using a gimbal head.
Advanced Optical Design
This lens is built with a combination of Super ED and ED glass elements, which work together to eliminate chromatic aberrations and colour fringing across the zoom range, ensuring sharp, clear images with accurate colours. To further enhance image quality, the lens is coated with Nano Crystal and ARNEO coatings, which reduce ghosting, reflections, and flare. The Nano Crystal Coat controls incidental light from diagonal angles, while the ARNEO Coat handles light from vertical directions, providing high contrast and clarity even in bright, backlit conditions.
Autofocus and Vibration Reduction
The multi-focus system in this lens incorporates two separate AF drive units that work in sync to deliver fast and precise autofocus across the entire zoom range. The stepping motors provide smooth, quiet focusing, making it ideal for both photography and videography.
Additionally, the internal focusing design maintains the lens’s length during focusing, which helps keep it balanced and promotes faster focusing speeds. The lens features a minimum focusing distance of 2.5' and a maximum magnification of 0.38x, making it capable of handling close-up shots with impressive detail.
For handheld shooting, the Vibration Reduction (VR) system compensates for up to 5.5 stops of camera shake, helping you
capture sharp, blur-free images in low-light situations or at slower shutter speeds. This stabilization feature ensures that even at the extreme telephoto end of the zoom range, your shots remain stable and clear.
Handling and Design
The NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S is designed for ease of use, offering several features that enhance handling and functionality:
- Short Zoom Throw: With just an 80° rotation, switching between 100mm and 400mm is quick and fluid, ensuring you don't miss key moments in fast-paced situations.
- Programmable Control Ring: Customisable to control manual focus, aperture, or exposure compensation, depending on your shooting preferences.
- OLED Information Panel: This integrated panel on the lens allows you to check settings such as aperture, focus distance, and depth of field in real time, even in low-light conditions.
- Customisable L.Fn Buttons: Two assignable function buttons work in tandem with the camera’s controls, allowing for quick changes in exposure or other settings without taking your eyes off your subject.
Durability and Weather Resistance
Built to withstand tough shooting environments, the NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S has a dust- and moisture-resistant barrel with fluorine coating on the front element to protect it from dirt and oil, making it easier to clean. The lens’s weather sealing ensures reliability even in harsh conditions, such as rain or dusty landscapes.
The lens also includes Inner Balance technology, which maintains a consistent centre of gravity when zooming, offering enhanced stability, particularly when using a gimbal head for tracking moving subjects. The rotating tripod collar further adds to the stability when mounted on a tripod or monopod, enabling seamless transitions between horizontal and vertical shooting.
Extending the Reach
For those needing even more reach, the lens is compatible with optional Z-Teleconverter TC-1.4x and TC-2x, extending the focal length range to 560mm and 800mm respectively, without sacrificing image quality.
Conclusion
The Nikon NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S lens offers a remarkable combination of telephoto reach, optical excellence, and portability, making it an exceptional choice for photographers specialising in wildlife, sports, or action photography. With its advanced autofocus system, high-performance optics, and durable weather-sealed construction, this lens delivers professional results in even the most demanding shooting conditions.
Contents:
- Nikon NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S Lens
- Front and Rear Lens Caps
- Lens Hood
- Tripod Collar
- Soft Lens Case
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| Type | Nikon Z mount |
| Format | FX |
| Focal length | 100 – 400 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/4.5 to 5.6 |
| Minimum aperture | f/32 to 40 |
| Lens construction | 25 elements in 20 groups (including 6 ED elements, 2 super-ED elements, elements with Nano Crystal and ARNEO coats, and a fluorine-coated front lens element) |
| Angle of view | FX format: 24°20' to 6°10', DX format: 16° to 4° |
| Focal length scale | Graduated in millimeters (100, 135, 200, 300, 400) |
| Focusing system | Internal focusing system |
| Minimum focus distance | 100 mm zoom position: 0.75 m (2.46 ft), 135 mm zoom position: 0.78 m (2.56 ft), 200 mm zoom position: 0.8 m (2.63 ft), 300 mm zoom position: 0.87 m (2.86 ft), 400 mm zoom position: 0.98 m (3.22 ft) (measured from focal plane) |
| Maximum reproduction ratio | 0.38x |
| Vibration reduction | Lens shift using voice coil motors (VCMs), VR (Vibration Reduction) image stabilization |
| No. of diaphragm blades | 9 (rounded diaphragm opening) |
| Aperture range | 100 mm zoom position: f/4.5 to 32, 400 mm zoom position: f/5.6 to 40 |
| Coating | Nano Crystal Coat, Fluorine coat, ARNEO coat |
| Filter attachment size | 77 mm (P = 0.75 mm) |
| Diameter x length (extension from lens mount) | Approx. 98 mm x 222 mm (3.9 in. x 8.8 in.) |
| Weight | With tripod collar: approx. 1435 g (3 lb 2.7 oz), without tripod collar: approx. 1355 g (2 lb 15.8 oz) |
| Autofocus | Yes |
| Internal focusing | Yes |
| Focusing | Auto, Manual |
| Focus limit switch | Two positions: FULL (∞ to 0.75 m) and ∞ to 3 m |
| Supplied accessories | LC-77B Lens Cap (front cap), LF-N1 Lens Cap (rear cap), HB-103 Lens Hood, CL-C3 Lens Case |
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