Nikon has a rich history of producing some incredible lenses. Legendary optics like the 1970 Fisheye-Nikkor 6mm f/2.8, and the 1994 Zoom-Nikkor 1200-1700mm f/5.6-8P IF-ED. But there's a much more recent lens that I'd argue belongs in the same league; a future classic, the likes of which we may never see again, and one which even comes supplied with a camera.
Turn the clock back to the mid 2010s and the bridge camera zoom wars were in full swing. Canon, Nikon, Sony and Panasonic were going all-out to release cameras with ever-increasing optical zoom ranges, smashing through 50x, 60x and even 70x. Then in 2015, Nikon set what should have been an unbeatable benchmark: 83x optical zoom, courtesy of the Coolpix P900. That equates to a full-frame equivalent range of 24-2000mm, and no digital zoom cheatery was involved. With that kind of reach, surely, SURELY the bridge camera zoom wars were over - who could possibly need any more zoom that that, and even if there was such demand, could a lens even be made with a greater zoom range?
