Autofocus is fast and silent, with excellent build quality, but being a professional lens its expensive.

This is amazing, and useful for panning slower-moving subjects.

Image quality is excellent, and autofocus is fast and silent.

Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S attached to a Nikon Z 7II on a frosty wooden table

(Image credit: James Abbott)

Stop the lens down to f/32 and diffraction naturally shows.

Should I buy the Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S?

Edge sharpness is also impressive.

Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S attached to a Nikon Z 7II on a frosty wooden table

(Image credit: James Abbott)

However, if you regularly shoot at 600mm then the fixed focal length 600mm f/6.3 lens is optically sharper.

I shot both static and moving subjects to test autofocus performance.

Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S attached to a Nikon Z 7II on a frosty wooden table

(Image credit: James Abbott)

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Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S attached to a Nikon Z 7II on a frosty wooden table

(Image credit: James Abbott)

Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S attached to a Nikon Z 7II on a frosty wooden table

(Image credit: James Abbott)

Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S attached to a Nikon Z 7II on a frosty wooden table

(Image credit: James Abbott)

Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S attached to a Nikon Z 7II on a frosty wooden table

(Image credit: James Abbott)

Close-up of a gull’s head taken with a Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S

(Image credit: James Abbott)

photo of a gull on water taken with a Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S

(Image credit: James Abbott)

Photo of a pigeon on a wall taken with a Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S

(Image credit: James Abbott)

Photo of a duck on a river taken with a Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S

(Image credit: James Abbott)

photo of a cormorant at the top of a tree taken with a Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S

(Image credit: James Abbott)

Photo of the moon taken with a Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S with the camera in DX mode

Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S attached to a Nikon Z 7II on a frosty wooden table

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