Compare Nikon 500mm F4E vs Tokina SZX 400mm F8 Reflex
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, rounded
Colors
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Canon EF-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, Nikon F-mount, Sony E-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
6 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
12 groups
5 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
3 ED, 2 fluorite. Nano Crystal and Fluorine coatings. groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
67 mm / 2.64 in
Size | Diameter
140 mm / 5.51 in
74 mm / 2.91 in
Size | Length
387 mm / 15.24 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Weight
3090 g / 109.19 oz
355 g / 12.54 oz
Function
Angle Of View
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
6.2° Diagonal | 5.2° Horizontal | 3.4° Vertical
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/8 ~ f/8
Autofocus
Yes
No
Focal Length
500 mm
400 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
No
Weather Resistance
Yes
No
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
0.4x
Min Focus Distance
3600 mm / 141.73 in
1150 mm / 45.28 in
Production
Accessory
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens hood included
Debut
2015-07-02
2020-07-19
Reviews
Neofiliac score
50%
40%
Pros
- 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
- 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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