Compare Nikon 500mm F5.6E vs Nikkor 300mm F4E
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades
9 blades, Rounded
Colors
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
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
19 elements
16 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
11 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 PF + 3 ED elements, Nano Crystal and fluorine coatings groups
1 ED element1 phase fresnel elementFluorine coatingNano crystal coating groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
95 mm / 3.74 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Size | Diameter
106 mm / 4.17 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
Size | Length
237 mm / 9.33 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
Weight
1460 g / 51.59 oz
755 g / 26.68 oz
Function
Angle Of View
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
Aperture
f/5.6 ~ f/32
f/4 ~ f/32
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
500 mm
300 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes (4 stops)
Yes
Weather Resistance
Yes
Performance
Max Magnification
0.18x
Min Focus Distance
3000 mm / 118.11 in
1400 mm / 55.12 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Debut
2018-06-14
2015-01-06
Reviews
Neofiliac score
50%
60%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Great optical performance
- Solid build
- Optically stabilized
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Great image quality
- Quite light for what it is
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long barrel
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