Samples

The following images were taken with the Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR lens mounted on a 45MP Nikon Z8 camera. The images are RAW files developed in Lightroom 13.2/CRAW 16.2 to Adobe Vivid profile with the lens profile compensating CA, distortions, and vignetting. Noise-reduction is set to 0 on images shot below ISO 900, on images with higher ISO I applied AI denoise in Lightroom with the standard setting of 50%. This resulted in a bit of extra sharpening over my normal sharpening of 50/0.5/36/10 but not overly so. I also applied exposure compensation plus some extra tone, color, or saturation adjustment to produce more pleasing images which are closer to what one would normally do when processing RAW files.

The individual exposure details are stated for each image. All of my high resolution Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR sample images are available to download in their original formats for analysis at Flickr. These files are for personal evaluation only and cannot be used in another publication or website without permission.

I often shot the same scene at different focal lengths to give you a better impression of the awesome coverage of a 14.3x zoom lens – like in the following images of grazing sheep.

1/1250, 28mm, f4.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

Same scene at 1/200, 200mm, f8.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

Same scene at 1/200, 400mm, f8.0, 90 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/160, 50mm, f5.6, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f5.6, 105mm f6.3, and 200mm f8.0

Same scene at 1/200, 400mm, f8.0, 560 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/640, 62mm, f6.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/320, 210mm, f8.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/200, 50mm, f5.6, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/400, 28mm, f4.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/60, 89mm, f6.3, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/125, 400mm, f8.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1000, 28mm, f4.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f4.0 and at 62mm f6.0

1/320, 28mm, f4.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f4.0, f5.6, at 62mm f6.0, f8.0, and at 95mm f6.3, f8.0

1/15, 28mm, f4.0, 125 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f4.0 and at 89mm f6.3

Same scene at 1/200, 400mm, f8.0, 6400 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f8.0 and at 280mm f8.0

1/15, 28mm, f4.0, 90 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f4.0 and at 58mm f5.6

Same scene at 1/200, 400mm, f8.0, 11400 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f8.0 and at 220mm f8.0

1/20, 34mm, f4.5, 900 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/60, 115mm, f6.7, 5000 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/50, 89mm, f6.3, 7200 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f6.3, 32mm f4.2, and 160mm f7.6

1/60, 62mm, f6.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f6.0, 105mm f6.7, and 400mm f8.0

1/60, 105mm, f6.3, 1100 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/50, 84mm, f6.0, 3600 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/15, 28mm, f4.0, 220 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f4.0, 55mm f5.6, and 115mm f6.7

1/60, 400mm, f8.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/400, 220mm, f8.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/50, 89mm, f6.3, 110 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, large original available at f6.3 and 120mm f6.7

1/400, 28mm, f4.0, 64 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1250, 50mm, f5.6, 400 ISO, Nikon Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR; click image for 4k version, here for large original

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