Nikon AI-S Nikkor 800mm F/5.6 IF-ED
Super telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · September 1986
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · Nikon NIKKOR 800mm 1:5.6 ED
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame super telephoto prime lens
- · Professional model
- System:
- · Nikon F (1959)
Abbreviations
| AI-S | A manual focus lens with automatic maximum aperture indexing and automatic aperture control. Learn more |
| IF | Internal focusing. |
| ED | The lens incorporates low dispersion elements. |
Model history (2)
| ■Nikon AI-S Nikkor 800mm F/5.6 IF-ED | A | 8 - 6 | 8.00m | -- | 1986 ● | |
| ■Nikon AF-S Nikkor 800mm F/5.6E FL ED VR | A | 20 - 13 | 5.90m | -- | 2013 ● | |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 800mm | |
| F/5.6 | |
| 8 elements in 6 groups | |
| 3 ED | |
| Internal focusing (IF) | |
| Nikon F [46.5mm] | |
| 3.1° (35mm full frame) | |
| On Nikon D APS-C [1.53x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 1224mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/8.6 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 2° |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings + Auto Exposure setting) |
| 9 (nine) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 8m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 5450g | |
| ⌀163×546mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Removable front filters are not accepted | |
Additional features: | Drop-in filter holder (52mm) |
| Built-in telescopic round | |
| Nikon Teleconverter TC-14B → 1120mm F/7.8 | |
| Nikon Teleconverter TC-300 → 1600mm F/11.2 | |
| Nikon Teleconverter TC-301 → 1600mm F/11.2 |
Sources of data
- Manufacturer's technical data.
- Nikon Full Line Product Guide (1996-1997) (August 1996).
Manufacturer description
Frame-filling 16X magnification of the subject. Ideal for sports, wildlife, or astrophotography. Internal Focusing technology assures smooth focusing action without extension of the lens barrel. ED glass for sharp, colorful pictures. Accepts 52mm filters; HE-3 lens hood.
From the editor
The lens became a favorite with wildlife photographers, particularly for photographing birds, many of whom used it in combination with either TC-14B to provide an effective 1120mm f8 lens, or a PK-11a extension tube to reduce the lens' normal 8m minimum focus distance.
Notes
- This AI-S lens was designed for Nikon FA, FG, N2000, N6000 AI-S cameras and Nikon F3, EL2, EM, FE, FE2, FE10, FG-20, FM, FM2, FM10, FM3A, Nikkormat FT3 AI cameras. The automatic aperture control will only be available on AI-S cameras.
- AI and AI-S lenses are backward compatible with Nikon F, F2, Nikkormat FS, FT, FT2, FTN, EL, ELW cameras.
- On Nikon digital SLR cameras, the automatic exposure metering with AI and AI-S lenses will not be available on D40, D40X, D60, D70, D70s, D80, D3000-D3500, D5000-D5600 series.
Other super telephoto prime lenses in the Nikon F system
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Interchangeable mount (6) | |||||||||
| Century Tele-Athenar 800mm F/4.7 II | M | 4 - 2 | 18.00m | -- | 1977 ● | ||||
| Kowa Prominar 850mm F/9.6 FL | M | 14 - 13 | 3.00m | ⌀95 | 2010 ● | ||||
| Soligor 800mm F/8 (s/n 9xxxxxx) [T] | P | 2 - 1 | 25.00m | -- | ● | ||||
| Tele-Tokina 800mm F/8 [T] | P | 4 - 4 | 18.00m | -- | ● | ||||
| Vivitar Tele 800mm F/8 Type 1 [T] | P | 2 - 1 | 23.00m | -- | ● | ||||
| Vivitar Telephoto 800mm F/8 Type 2 (s/n 37xxxxxxx) [T] | P | 4 - 2 | 18.00m | -- | ● | ||||