Compare Nikon 24-70mm F2.8E vs Nikon 500mm F5.6E vs Nikkor 300mm F4E
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, Rounded blades
9 blades
9 blades, Rounded
Colors
Black
Black
Black
Form Factor
Standard Zoom Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Distance scale
Tripod collar
Tripod collar, Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
20 elements
19 elements
16 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
16 groups
11 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
3 aspherical and 2 ED elements + nano crystal and fluorine coatings groups
1 PF + 3 ED elements, Nano Crystal and fluorine coatings groups
1 ED element1 phase fresnel elementFluorine coatingNano crystal coating groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
82 mm / 3.23 in
95 mm / 3.74 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Size | Diameter
88 mm / 3.46 in
106 mm / 4.17 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
Size | Length
155 mm / 6.10 in
237 mm / 9.33 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
Weight
1070 g / 37.81 oz
1460 g / 51.59 oz
755 g / 26.68 oz
Function
Angle Of View
84.1° Diagonal | 73.7° Horizontal | 53.1° Vertical (wide) ~ 34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (tele)
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
Aperture
f/2.8 ~ f/22
f/5.6 ~ f/32
f/4 ~ f/32
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
24 mm ~ 70 mm
500 mm
300 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes (4 stops)
Yes
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom
Performance
Max Magnification
0.27x
0.18x
Min Focus Distance
380 mm / 14.96 in
3000 mm / 118.11 in
1400 mm / 55.12 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Debut
2015-08-04
2018-06-14
2015-01-06
Reviews
Neofiliac score
60%
50%
60%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Some distortion not well corrected
- IQ falls short of what its price would suggest
- 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
- Quite large for what it is
- On the heavy side
- External zoom without zoom lock
- 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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