Compare Nikon 120-300mm F2.8E vs Nikkor 300mm F4E
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades
9 blades, Rounded
Colors
Black
Black
Form Factor
Telephoto Zoom Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar
Tripod collar, Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
25 elements
16 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
19 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
ED, fluorite and SR elements + Nano Crystal and Arneo coatings groups
1 ED element1 phase fresnel elementFluorine coatingNano crystal coating groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
112 mm / 4.41 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Size | Diameter
128 mm / 5.04 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
Size | Length
304 mm / 11.97 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
Weight
3250 g / 114.84 oz
755 g / 26.68 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)
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
Aperture
f/2.8 ~ f/22
f/4 ~ f/32
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
120 mm ~ 300 mm
300 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes (4 stops)
Yes
Weather Resistance
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom (zoom lock available)
Performance
Max Magnification
0.16x
Min Focus Distance
2000 mm / 78.74 in
1400 mm / 55.12 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Debut
2020-01-07
2015-01-06
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
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Great image quality
- Quite light for what it is
Cons
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long barrel
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