Compare Nikon 500mm F4E vs Nikkor 300mm F4E vs Nikon Z 70-200mm F2.8
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, rounded
9 blades, Rounded
9 blades
Colors
Black
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Telephoto Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Tripod collar, Distance scale
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale, DoF scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon Z-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ultrasonic
Stepper motor
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
16 elements
21 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
12 groups
10 groups
18 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
3 ED, 2 fluorite. Nano Crystal and Fluorine coatings. groups
1 ED element1 phase fresnel elementFluorine coatingNano crystal coating groups
ED, SR and aspherical elements + Nano Crystal and ARNEO coatings groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Size | Diameter
140 mm / 5.51 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
Size | Length
387 mm / 15.24 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
220 mm / 8.66 in
Weight
3090 g / 109.19 oz
755 g / 26.68 oz
1440 g / 50.88 oz
Function
Angle Of View
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (wide) ~ 12.4° Diagonal | 10.3° Horizontal | 6.9° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/4 ~ f/32
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
500 mm
300 mm
70 mm ~ 200 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes
Yes (5 stops)
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
Internal zoom
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
0.2x
Min Focus Distance
3600 mm / 141.73 in
1400 mm / 55.12 in
500 mm / 19.69 in
Production
Accessory
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Lens hood included
Debut
2015-07-02
2015-01-06
2020-01-07
Reviews
Neofiliac score
50%
60%
78%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Superb build quality
- Brilliant optical performance
- Great AF tracking
- Optically stabilized
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Great image quality
- Quite light for what it is
- Optically stabilized
- Internal zoom
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Great optical performance
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long barrel
- Long barrel
- On the heavy side
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