Compare Nikon 120-300mm F2.8E vs Nikon 24-70mm F2.8E
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades
9 blades, Rounded blades
Colors
Black
Black
Form Factor
Telephoto Zoom Lens
Standard Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar
Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
25 elements
20 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
19 groups
16 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
ED, fluorite and SR elements + Nano Crystal and Arneo coatings groups
3 aspherical and 2 ED elements + nano crystal and fluorine coatings groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
112 mm / 4.41 in
82 mm / 3.23 in
Size | Diameter
128 mm / 5.04 in
88 mm / 3.46 in
Size | Length
304 mm / 11.97 in
155 mm / 6.10 in
Weight
3250 g / 114.84 oz
1070 g / 37.81 oz
Function
Angle Of View
20.5° Diagonal | 17.1° Horizontal | 11.4° Vertical (wide) ~ 8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical (tele)
84.1° Diagonal | 73.7° Horizontal | 53.1° Vertical (wide) ~ 34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/2.8 ~ f/22
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
120 mm ~ 300 mm
24 mm ~ 70 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes (4 stops)
Yes
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom (zoom lock available)
External zoom
Performance
Max Magnification
0.16x
0.27x
Min Focus Distance
2000 mm / 78.74 in
380 mm / 14.96 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Debut
2020-01-07
2015-08-04
Reviews
Neofiliac score
60%
60%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Zoom lock prevents zoom creep
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Very bright for its zoom range
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Some distortion not well corrected
- IQ falls short of what its price would suggest
Cons
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Quite large for what it is
- On the heavy side
- External zoom without zoom lock
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