NIKON Z 400mm f/4.5 - Photographing birds in flight with 1.4x teleconverter

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Жыл бұрын

My Life as a Wildlife Photographer: • I Missed a Great Oppor...
A little more that a week ago I received the new Nikon Nikkor Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S telephoto lens - a pre-production sample.
I have now been photographing wildlife with the lens for several days from my photo blind and birds at the coast line of Denmark.
This is now review, but rather a video showing how the lens performs when it comes to autofocus with and without the Z 1.4 teleconverter.
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Morten Hilmer
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@paulmendolia8483 Ай бұрын

such a gentle soul. I enjoy your videos very much. they are so calming.

@SabeanPagan Жыл бұрын

You are spoiling us Morten, two videos in two days. The close up Kittiwake picture was beautiful and crisp so I look forward to seeing how it does with some macro work of the lovely wild flowers in your garden 🙂

@Globetrotter-1 Жыл бұрын

This lens doesn't focus very close, so not great for macro work.

@nobodygnomes Жыл бұрын

I love the calm energy of your videos. Thank you for what you do!

@LiamFyfe Жыл бұрын

Im really looking forward to getting one of these 400mm, superb video and photos as always Morten!

@whoops1478 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos and live stream. I notice in all of the videos you can see in your eyes and face the love you have for what you do. Thanks for sharing with the world.

@ananttyagi1710 Жыл бұрын

I always loves your bird photography the way you capture the symmetry with subject is just awesome and i love that moment! Best wishes and lots of love

@TorToroPorco Жыл бұрын

Such a well produced and shot video as always from Morten. I got a chuckle when Morten said “holy moly”. My Norwegian brother-in-law says that quite often as well when he gets excited and sounds just like Morten.

@madst7521 Жыл бұрын

By far the nicest of the handful or so 400mm preview videos so far.

@davidcoombs3329 Жыл бұрын

The music in the opening segment takes me back to your 50 day expedition and it gives me a warm emotional feeling.

@Marky4763 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video Morten, you certainly give us plenty to think about 👍

@berserk498 Жыл бұрын

thanks a lot for the new video! Good to see you again!

@Azeemmerchant Жыл бұрын

Nikon is doing such an excellent job ♥️🙌🏼..

@jorsetti Жыл бұрын

Great video Morten! first time becoming aware of you and now subscribing! Beautiful work sir!

@mdarfat2620 Жыл бұрын

It's lucky time got 2 videos in 2 days from morten, love your content man

@rogeriopeccioli1616 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic lens. Congratulations Nikon.

@anntolksdorf6461 Жыл бұрын

Nice video ❤ Good to see you enjoying the day. Beautiful photos.

@picapica42 Жыл бұрын

You are really spoiling us with all these videos ;) Always nice to see the kittiwakes in action :D I was more intrigued by your tripod than the lens 😅 It seemed so easy to unfold and fold it.

@JRodPhotoArt Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing your experience with the "coming soon" Nikon 400 f4.5

@mattiafuchs92 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a really nice lens! I'll consider it when I'll do the switch too mirrorless. Thanks for the video kind of made my day! Of course I also appreciated the video from yesterday ;)

@andhib Жыл бұрын

I placed a deposit with my local camera shop as soon as the first previews came out a few days ago. This looks perfect for my needs, thanks for sharing your fun bird photo experience with this lens Morten.

@norskattforfun8575 Жыл бұрын

Lovely birds and shots. Thanks for sharing

@Rob.1340 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. All the very best. 👍📷😎

@renevw5812 Жыл бұрын

Hi Morten, thank you for sharing this amazing Nikon and story. Greetings from The Netherlands

@steenmogensen1220 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the "Not a review" Review Morten. Looks like a great lens for birds in flight, and also exploring trails and forests when you never know what is going to show up suddenly. Looks very light and easy to handle.

@j.kimmer1509 Жыл бұрын

WoW!! just WOW!!

@demitimmer4805 Жыл бұрын

Another vid! Awesome

@chriswhitham9233 Жыл бұрын

Hi Morten great video as usual. 2 of the things on my shopping list in my move oi Mirrorless

@ivorgottschalk6432 Жыл бұрын

Lens looks like another winner but please tell more about the amazingly fast tripod fold down at 8:00.

@SniperSmithlp Жыл бұрын

Nice I see you got a new Sachter Flowtech tripod already taped up too, must be super fast and easy to handle, very nice. Keep up the good work

@peterebel7899 Жыл бұрын

Nikon delivers. So does Morten :-)

@TrueToad Жыл бұрын

Mine is on order and hope to see it soon!

@csc-photo Жыл бұрын

Looks like a really great, lightweight, easy to handle & carry 400! I expect it'll be as sharp as the other S line native Z lenses. Definitely on my wish list!

@AndreaMantovaniAdventures Жыл бұрын

Great video Morten, greetings from Italy

@hauer54 3 ай бұрын

Very nice video, Morten!

@joncothranphotography9375 Жыл бұрын

Sweet lens and images!

@michalbroza1325 Жыл бұрын

Fotografia to wolność...🥰🥰🥰Pozdrowienia z Polski. Photography is freedom ...🥰🥰🥰 Greetings from Poland.

@u1lover305 Жыл бұрын

Love to see you 🥰

@paulhab7267 Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks again 👍😊

@franciscojosemendoncapinta2948 Жыл бұрын

Another awesome great video from you. Thumbs up.

@tmas_photography Жыл бұрын

My inspiration 🤩

@reinaldoalves943 Жыл бұрын

Obrigado. Ajudou muito para mim. Tenho uma Sigma 600mm e Nikon D7100. Tenho que praticar bastante para acostumar com uma lente grande. Sou do Brasil e gosto muito de teus vídeos. É diferente a vida selvagem fora do Brasil.

@suyashkulkarni8071 Жыл бұрын

Going to be a great lens

@SuperFucdat Жыл бұрын

Hi Morten, another great video, thankyou. Just a question, over the last year or so Nikon have introduced not only the Z9, but some incredible lenses to go with that body in the mirrorless system, however, out of all the new lenses you’ve tried out for Nikon over the last few months, if there were no restrictions, would you choose any of the new lenses over your 600mm f/4E F-mount lens that you have used so much in previous videos? I ask this because I’ve had the 600mm f/4 on my bucket list for years mainly due to watching you get incredible images with it over the years in some incredible locations & sometimes watching your videos you seem lost without your trusty 600 F/mount? Could you do a video showing you use the 600mm f/mount lens on the Z9 using the adaptor? I would love to hear your thoughts on the results. Take care mate. Mark.

@kylezeringue5673 Жыл бұрын

I decided to pass on the 100-400 when I saw this was coming. Very excited for this one. I guess I will live with the ftz and a 70-200 for white a whole. This thing will be great on the Z9! Thanks, Morten.

@22ophiotrix11 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Switched to Z-System as second camera lately because of situations when equipment needs to spare weight or in a zodiac in swell when managing heavy ones gets tough. Looking forward to nature photographers festival in Lünen in autumn to touch new lenses.I think, this one will definitely show up on my order list.

@neerajr3134 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@hendranandradrone7064 Жыл бұрын

Woow....so beautiful view video 👍

@chadroberts44 Жыл бұрын

Your camera looks amazing.

@SeantheBioBro Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I'm dreaming of upgrading my Z6 and glass someday...

@hauducnguyenvn Жыл бұрын

amaZING

@philippr8600 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this input! I know you are also using the Nikon z 100-400mm, how would you compare the AF speed of the two at 400mm?

@framingthewild Жыл бұрын

Great quality review and video Morten. I don’t use Nikon but it’s always a pleasure to watch your videos regardless what the topic is. I am fascinated by the tripod that you are using in this video. For me as a wildlife photographer / filmmaker this super quick functionality of setting the tripod up / packing it down seems like an essential piece of tech I am missing in my gear. Any chance you would kindly share the model of this tripod? Thank you.

@kucekto Жыл бұрын

Looks like sachtler 100 tripod legs. Not sure about which fluid head tho ( still sachtler, maybe video 18 or cine 7+7 ). Hope this helps.

@garfieldirwin Жыл бұрын

Excellent tripod there Morten! Though I highly recommend the Sachtler Aktiv8 over the Ace, if you don't mind the weight. ;-)

@shotsphoto Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this interesting video 😃. The lens looks great 👍. But, by the way, the tripod even! Is it a Berlebach tripod?

@ED-on8to Жыл бұрын

It is so nice to see, that Nikon is a brand for professionals. They now what we as nature and wildlife photographer need AND they are willing to give it to us. Awesome! 👍 Seriously, with the lenses Nikon has brought and will bring, wildlifephotography will get hole new possibilities! It is not all perfect yet. In my opinion they need more good bodies and actually delivering the orders quick. But compared to what was available in the past, this is awesome to see!

@dmitry.sh.8946 Жыл бұрын

It is so nice to see, that Nikon is a brand for professionals.....And that Nikon has never been a brand for professionals??.....Looks like you have not seen professionals at all.

@mdsihabbatsah Жыл бұрын

so beautiful content

@salmonefotografia77 Жыл бұрын

It is very very very light....😂😂😂Anyway, thank you for sharing, very awesome vlog you did❤❤❤

@guycl2381 Жыл бұрын

Great Video, Morten ! I think video head and tripod are from Sachtler ... heavy stuff .... Kind regards, and waiting for 2023 calendar :-)

@boborich1 Жыл бұрын

Great video Morten! Do you mind let me know what tripod you use in the video, seems to be very quick to setup. Thanks!

@vickysarthi8134 Жыл бұрын

I am your big fan ❤️🙏

@albertliu6982 Жыл бұрын

Hello Morten, was blown away with your tripod . May I ask which brand is it ?

@mortenthorpe Жыл бұрын

Hehe… f7.1 is also the sweet spot I’ve found for photographing action… birds in flight… it’s a good compromised for focus and subject separation, and it doesn’t place too much stress on having absolutely the very best lenses to accomplish this. It works fine with the Nikon 300 mm PF, and also on Fuji, using the XF 100-400 mm (on Fuji, choosing the right custom AF setting becomes paramount to your success)

@razrv3lc Жыл бұрын

It blows my mind how compact the mirrorless stuff is. A 400mm prime + a flagship body and it's easily handholdable.

@bensslightnature Жыл бұрын

not because it's mirrorless my friend.

@baredesigns1 Жыл бұрын

It is an F4.5 lens and not a 400 F2.8 Oh! the ZO is almost as big as a D6.

@antonoat Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s some lens, what a fantastic combination with the Z9. Morten can you share some details on the tripod you were using here, it looks very trick with folding and opening legs with one button! Stay safe my friend and thank you for sharing this with us. 😀👏👍

@kekomontaner Жыл бұрын

Un gran trabajo!! Estaría muy agradecido si me informa de que trípode es el que utiliza en este vídeo, marca y modelo. Espero una respuesta. GRACIAS

@sonutyagi9683 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@mohammedanees1610 Жыл бұрын

here we go

@soon0181 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the excellent video. And I am also interested in the brand of tripod that you are using. Can you please share. Many thanks in advance

@raajeshvlog Жыл бұрын

Cool 😎 … Big fan from Nepal 🇳🇵 sir ❤️🙏🙏

@wildpatagoniafilms16 Жыл бұрын

Such lovely place! where is that exactly? Also. surprised how compact that 400mm is! Not s Nikon shooter, but I heard wonderful things about the Z9!! :)

@vibekgamer2708 Жыл бұрын

Lovely video ❤️ nice ❤️

@ulrichpflug2644 Жыл бұрын

The best camera/lens is the one you have with you 😉

@cmichaelhaugh8517 Жыл бұрын

Two videos! I’m feeling spoiled!

@mdsihabbatsah Жыл бұрын

I am Bangladesh🇧🇩 big fan Sir awesome content

@silvere36 Жыл бұрын

Can you tell us which tripod that is? I like how you can extend the legs from the top.

@boumt9546 Жыл бұрын

Hi Morten, another great first impressions video. We have seen you in Scotland with the new Nikkor Z 400 2.8 but sorry if I am wrong not with the Nikkor Z 800 6.3 at this time. Will you consider sharing your impressions compared to the F mount 5.6 ? Thank you.

@simonsenkim2842 Жыл бұрын

What brand and model is your tripod? Your videos and storytelling are marvellous.

@reallukx Жыл бұрын

Sweet glass Nikon is spitting out recently! If only I wasn't heavily invested in sony ;)

@BiggieM Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the amazing video! Can you please share the details of the tripod you use?

@davidlawson3400 Жыл бұрын

I inherited a bunch of Nikon gear from my late father in law. There is a 300mm f/4 in there that I can’t wait to use. I just have to adapt it to my Sony or get a Nikon body. Love your videos

@user-zk5su7zq1n 2 ай бұрын

太好了！有中文翻译👍👍👍

@ambujamlaksmikeyes5263 9 ай бұрын

Can i use a nikon 1.4 teleconverter with a Tamron zoom 100-300 lens on a nikon z camera?

@fLASHBACkXs Жыл бұрын

awesome video! how were you able to record your camera view? like the view finder

@stevenwaldstein2249 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. By the way, what tripod and head were you using. Seems to collapse and setup in a unique way.

@skysky6403 Жыл бұрын

Nikon❤

@lumixs1np289 Жыл бұрын

Just bought a Z5 and I'm so happy. Can't imagine how a Z9 must feel xD

@vincentymng3477 Жыл бұрын

Morten, what tripod are you using ? The folding looks really quick and slick !

@udowei7499 Жыл бұрын

Great - another very interesting video!!! Which tripod are you using here?

@mzeeshanch Жыл бұрын

Hello Morton hope you are doing great. Absolutely love your work. Keep up the good work and keep inspiring. How do you record video footage from the viewfinder. I have noticed that you don't have a recorder (like the atmos ninja) attached to the camera. So was curious that 1. is there a way to record the viewfinder without an external recorder, or 2. you just records the video separately Would greatly appreciate the help.

@MortenHilmer Жыл бұрын

Hi Mohammed. Im using the Ninja. Just not filming myself when I’m using it😉