A Nikon Zoom Nikkor ED 180-600mm f/8 Ai-S Lens£210
25 Nov 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 196 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
Nikon 180-600mm f/8
lens
The Nikon 180-600mm f/8 sells for about £529 (median of only 4 recorded sales, 2005–2025; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£529
median of only 4 sales, 2005–2025
Indicative
Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
How much does one sale move this?
Without the highest sale£210
Without the lowest sale£848
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Every sale
Zoom-Nikkor * ED 8/180-600mm£848
4 Dec 2010 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,000 · lot AI_18_11887hammer ↗
Zoom-Nikkor *ED 180-600mm. f/8 no. 175044£200
6 Jun 2007 · Christie's · lot 147premium removed ↗
● Zoom Ai-Sboxed
Zoom-Nikkor * ED 8/180-600mm£903
21 May 2005 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,320 · lot AI_7_25105hammer ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Nikon 180-600mm f\/8 Zoom ED Ai-S is a manual-focus super-telephoto zoom for the Nikon F mount, using ED (extra-low dispersion) glass and the Ai-S meter coupling introduced in the early 1980s. Because it is a low-volume, specialist Ai-S super-tele, the price a clean example sells for can swing widely on condition, and a mint copy with original trunk case would be expected to clear that level. Work the zoom and focus collars through their full travel — stiffness, gritty feel or uneven damping point to dried grease, and any oil on the aperture blades will need a service.
Generated summary, 28 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Versions and how to tell them apart
Era
Generation
Other 180-600mms
Questions
Is the Nikon 180-600mm f/8 Ai-S a rare lens?
Yes — it was a low-production specialist super-telephoto zoom, which is why auction appearances and price data points are scarce.
Does it use ED glass?
Yes, the model designation includes ED, indicating extra-low dispersion glass in the optical formula to control chromatic aberration at long focal lengths.
Facts
- Maker
- Nikon
- Type
- lens
- Sales in the typical price
- 4
- First sale
- 21 May 2005
- Latest sale
- 25 Nov 2025
- Median
- £529
- Middle half
- £208–£862
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Nikon 180-600mm f/8: about £529, the median of 4 recorded sales, 2005–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/n/nikon/180-600mm-f-8/