Compare Nikkor 300mm F4E vs Nikon 500mm F4E vs Tokina SZX 400mm F8 Reflex
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, Rounded
9 blades, rounded
Colors
Black
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Tripod collar, Distance scale
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Canon EF-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, Nikon F-mount, Sony E-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
16 elements
6 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
10 groups
12 groups
5 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 ED element1 phase fresnel elementFluorine coatingNano crystal coating groups
3 ED, 2 fluorite. Nano Crystal and Fluorine coatings. groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
77 mm / 3.03 in
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
67 mm / 2.64 in
Size | Diameter
89 mm / 3.50 in
140 mm / 5.51 in
74 mm / 2.91 in
Size | Length
148 mm / 5.83 in
387 mm / 15.24 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Weight
755 g / 26.68 oz
3090 g / 109.19 oz
355 g / 12.54 oz
Function
Angle Of View
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
6.2° Diagonal | 5.2° Horizontal | 3.4° Vertical
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/32
f/4 ~ f/22
f/8 ~ f/8
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
No
Focal Length
300 mm
500 mm
400 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes
No
Weather Resistance
Yes
No
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
0.4x
Min Focus Distance
1400 mm / 55.12 in
3600 mm / 141.73 in
1150 mm / 45.28 in
Production
Accessory
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens hood included
Debut
2015-01-06
2015-07-02
2020-07-19
Reviews
Neofiliac score
60%
50%
40%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Great image quality
- Quite light for what it is
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Superb build quality
- Brilliant optical performance
- Great AF tracking
- Very compact for 400mm
- Very affordable
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long barrel
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Lacks weather sealing
- Poor image quality
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