Compare Nikkor 300mm F4E vs Nikon 600mm F4E vs Canon RF 1200mm F8L
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, Rounded
9 blades, rounded
9 blades, rounded blades
Colors
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
Tripod collar
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Canon RF-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
16 elements
26 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
10 groups
12 groups
18 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 ED element1 phase fresnel elementFluorine coatingNano crystal coating groups
4 ED, 2 fluorite. Nano Crystal and Fluorine coatings. groups
2 Fluorite, 1 Super UD Lenses, 1 UD (Ultra-low Dispersion) groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
77 mm / 3.03 in
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
52 mm / 2.05 in
Size | Diameter
89 mm / 3.50 in
166 mm / 6.54 in
168 mm / 6.61 in
Size | Length
148 mm / 5.83 in
432 mm / 17.01 in
537 mm / 21.14 in
Weight
755 g / 26.68 oz
3810 g / 134.63 oz
3340 g / 118.02 oz
Function
Angle Of View
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
4.1° Diagonal | 3.4° Horizontal | 2.3° Vertical
2.1° Diagonal | 1.7° Horizontal | 1.1° Vertical
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/32
f/4 ~ f/22
f/8 ~ f/64
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
300 mm
600 mm
1200 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes
Yes (4 stops)
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
0.29x
Min Focus Distance
1400 mm / 55.12 in
4400 mm / 173.23 in
4300 mm / 169.29 in
Production
Accessory
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens Hood: ET-160 (supplied), ET-160B Short hood
Debut
2015-01-06
2015-07-02
2022-02-24
Reviews
Neofiliac score
60%
50%
84%
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
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Mind-boggling reach
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long barrel
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Very special focal length
- Dark maximum aperture
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