Compare Nikon 200-500mm F5.6E vs Nikon 105mm F1.4E vs Nikkor 300mm F4E
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, Rounded blades
9 blades, Rounded blades
9 blades, Rounded
Colors
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Short Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Distance scale
Tripod collar, Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
19 elements
14 elements
16 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
12 groups
9 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
3 ED elements groups
Three 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
82 mm / 3.23 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Size | Diameter
108 mm / 4.25 in
95 mm / 3.74 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
Size | Length
268 mm / 10.55 in
106 mm / 4.17 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
Weight
2300 g / 81.27 oz
985 g / 34.81 oz
755 g / 26.68 oz
Function
Angle Of View
12.4° Diagonal | 10.3° Horizontal | 6.9° Vertical (wide) ~ 5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical (tele)
23.3° Diagonal | 19.5° Horizontal | 13.0° Vertical
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
Aperture
f/5.6 ~ f/32
f/1.4 ~ f/16
f/4 ~ f/32
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
200 mm ~ 500 mm
105 mm
300 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
No
Yes
Weather Resistance
No
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom (zoom lock available)
Performance
Max Magnification
0.22x
0.13x
Min Focus Distance
2200 mm / 86.61 in
1000 mm / 39.37 in
1400 mm / 55.12 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Debut
2015-08-04
2016-07-27
2015-01-06
Reviews
Neofiliac score
33%
78%
60%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Zoom lock prevents zoom creep
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Great price for such a lens
- Constant f/5.6 aperture
- Bright maximum aperture
- Weather-sealed
- Beautiful bokeh
- Solid build quality
- Good distortion correction
- 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
- Lacks weather sealing
- Large diameter
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long barrel
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