Compare Nikon 180-400mm F4E vs Tamron SP 15-30mm F/2.8 G2 vs Tamron 100-400mm F/4.5-6.3
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades
9 blades
9 blades
Colors
Black
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Ultra Wide-Angle Zoom Lens
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Distance scale
Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Canon EF-mount, Nikon F-mount
Canon EF-mount, Nikon F-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
27 elements
18 elements
17 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
19 groups
13 groups
11 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 fluorite + 8 ED elements and Nano Crystal + Super Intergrated + fluorine coatings groups
2 eXpanded glass molded aspherical + 1 molded glass aspherical + 3 aspherical elements, Anti-reflection eXpand + BBAR + fluorine coatings groups
Three LD elements + eBAND coating groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
67 mm / 2.64 in
Size | Diameter
128 mm / 5.04 in
98 mm / 3.86 in
86 mm / 3.39 in
Size | Length
363 mm / 14.29 in
145 mm / 5.71 in
199 mm / 7.83 in
Weight
3500 g / 123.67 oz
1110 g / 39.22 oz
1135 g / 40.11 oz
Function
Angle Of View
13.7° Diagonal | 11.4° Horizontal | 7.6° Vertical (wide) ~ 6.2° Diagonal | 5.2° Horizontal | 3.4° Vertical (tele)
110.6° Diagonal | 100.4° Horizontal | 77.3° Vertical (wide) ~ 71.6° Diagonal | 61.9° Horizontal | 43.6° Vertical (tele)
24.4° Diagonal | 20.4° Horizontal | 13.7° Vertical (wide) ~ 6.2° Diagonal | 5.2° Horizontal | 3.4° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/32
f/2.8 ~ f/22
f/4.5–6.3 ~ f/32–45
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
180 mm ~ 400 mm
15 mm ~ 30 mm
100 mm ~ 400 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Extending front
Image Stabilization
Yes (4 stops)
Yes (4.5 stops)
Yes (4 stops)
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom (zoom lock available)
External zoom
External zoom
Performance
Max Magnification
0.25x
0.2x
0.28x
Min Focus Distance
2000 mm / 78.74 in
280 mm / 11.02 in
1500 mm / 59.06 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Debut
2018-01-09
2018-08-31
2017-10-26
Model Name
A041
A035
Reviews
Neofiliac score
50%
50%
60%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Zoom lock prevents zoom creep
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Superb image quality
- Solid construction
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Good center sharpness
- Interesting focal range
- Very useful focal range
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Reasonable weight for what it is
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Large and heavy
- Lacks front filter thread
- External zoom without zoom lock
- External zoom without zoom lock
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