Compare Nikon 500mm F4E vs Nikon 70-300mm F4.5-5.6E vs Nikon 24-70mm F2.8E
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, rounded
9 blades
9 blades, Rounded blades
Colors
Black
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Telephoto Zoom Lens
Standard Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Stepper motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
18 elements
20 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
12 groups
14 groups
16 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
3 ED, 2 fluorite. Nano Crystal and Fluorine coatings. groups
1 ED element groups
3 aspherical and 2 ED elements + nano crystal and fluorine coatings groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
67 mm / 2.64 in
82 mm / 3.23 in
Size | Diameter
140 mm / 5.51 in
81 mm / 3.19 in
88 mm / 3.46 in
Size | Length
387 mm / 15.24 in
146 mm / 5.75 in
155 mm / 6.10 in
Weight
3090 g / 109.19 oz
680 g / 24.03 oz
1070 g / 37.81 oz
Function
Angle Of View
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (wide) ~ 8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical (tele)
84.1° Diagonal | 73.7° Horizontal | 53.1° Vertical (wide) ~ 34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/4.5–32 ~ f/5.6–40
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
500 mm
70 mm ~ 300 mm
24 mm ~ 70 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes
Yes
Weather Resistance
Yes
No
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom
External zoom
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
0.25x
0.27x
Min Focus Distance
3600 mm / 141.73 in
1250 mm / 49.21 in
380 mm / 14.96 in
Production
Accessory
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens Hood: HB-82 (supplied)
Debut
2015-07-02
2017-07-11
2015-08-04
Reviews
Neofiliac score
50%
50%
60%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Superb build quality
- Brilliant optical performance
- Great AF tracking
- Optically stabilized
- Makes access to this focal range much more approachable
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Some distortion not well corrected
- IQ falls short of what its price would suggest
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long barrel
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Lacks weather sealing
- Consumer-grade construction
- Quite large for what it is
- On the heavy side
- External zoom without zoom lock
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