Compare Nikon 180-400mm F4E vs Tamron 50-400mm F4.5-6.3 vs Tamron 70-300mm F/4.5-6.3
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades
9 blades, rounded aperture blades
9 blades
Colors
Black
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Telephoto Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Sony E-mount, Sony E-mount
Sony E-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Linear Motor
Stepper motor
Optical Formula | Elements
27 elements
24 elements
15 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
19 groups
18 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 fluorite + 8 ED elements and Nano Crystal + Super Intergrated + fluorine coatings groups
1 low-dispersion element, BBAR coating groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
67 mm / 2.64 in
67 mm / 2.64 in
Size | Diameter
128 mm / 5.04 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Size | Length
363 mm / 14.29 in
183 mm / 7.20 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
Weight
3500 g / 123.67 oz
1155 g / 40.81 oz
545 g / 19.26 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)
46.8° Diagonal | 39.6° Horizontal | 27.0° Vertical (wide) ~ 6.2° Diagonal | 5.2° Horizontal | 3.4° Vertical (tele)
34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (wide) ~ 8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/32
f/4.5–6.3 ~ f/22–32
f/4.5–6.3 ~ f/22–32
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
180 mm ~ 400 mm
50 mm ~ 400 mm
70 mm ~ 300 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes (4 stops)
Yes
No
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom (zoom lock available)
External zoom
External zoom
Performance
Max Magnification
0.25x
0.5x
0.11x
Min Focus Distance
2000 mm / 78.74 in
250 mm / 9.84 in
800 mm / 31.50 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Debut
2018-01-09
2022-08-24
2020-09-25
Model Name
A047
Reviews
Neofiliac score
50%
59%
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
- Versatile focal range
- Very useful focal range
- Weather-sealed
- Well corrected
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long & heavy
- Questionable image quality of a superzoom
- Dark and variable maximum aperture
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Not the best build quality
- Not the sharpest
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