Nikon Announces 120-300mm f/2.8 with Built-In 1.4x TC

A built-in 1.4x teleconverter on a 120-300mm f/2.8 is not a gimmick. For sports and wildlife shooters, the real cost of a TC has always been the fumble: swapping glass mid-game, or accepting the AF hit on older implementations. Nikon is building it into the barrel, which means 168-420mm f/4 is one switch away with no mount swap and no autofocus compromise. If you're shooting AFL sidelines, motorsport, or birds in flight, this is the lens that replaces two primes and a spare body. It's a development announcement so you can't buy it yet, but Nikon confirmed it officially, which means it's real and coming. Start talking to your accountant.