Compare Nikon 500mm F4E vs Nikkor 300mm F4E vs Nikon 28mm F1.4E ED
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
Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Tripod collar, Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
16 elements
14 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
12 groups
10 groups
11 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
3 aspherical + 2 ED element, Nano Crystal and fluorine 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
83 mm / 3.27 in
Size | Length
387 mm / 15.24 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
101 mm / 3.98 in
Weight
3090 g / 109.19 oz
755 g / 26.68 oz
645 g / 22.79 oz
Function
Angle Of View
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
75.4° Diagonal | 65.5° Horizontal | 46.4° Vertical
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/4 ~ f/32
f/1.4–16 ~ f/1.4–16
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
500 mm
300 mm
28 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes
No
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
0.17x
Min Focus Distance
3600 mm / 141.73 in
1400 mm / 55.12 in
280 mm / 11.02 in
Production
Accessory
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Debut
2015-07-02
2015-01-06
2017-05-31
Reviews
Neofiliac score
50%
60%
86%
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
- Bright maximum aperture
- Weather-sealed
- Excellent optical performance
- Natural perspective
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long barrel
- Quite expensive
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