Compare Nikon 500mm F4E vs Nikon 120-300mm F2.8E
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, rounded
9 blades
Colors
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Telephoto Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Focus limiter, Tripod collar
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
25 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
12 groups
19 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
3 ED, 2 fluorite. Nano Crystal and Fluorine coatings. groups
ED, fluorite and SR elements + Nano Crystal and Arneo coatings groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
112 mm / 4.41 in
Size | Diameter
140 mm / 5.51 in
128 mm / 5.04 in
Size | Length
387 mm / 15.24 in
304 mm / 11.97 in
Weight
3090 g / 109.19 oz
3250 g / 114.84 oz
Function
Angle Of View
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
20.5° Diagonal | 17.1° Horizontal | 11.4° Vertical (wide) ~ 8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
500 mm
120 mm ~ 300 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes (4 stops)
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom (zoom lock available)
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
0.16x
Min Focus Distance
3600 mm / 141.73 in
2000 mm / 78.74 in
Production
Accessory
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens hood included
Debut
2015-07-02
2020-01-07
Reviews
Neofiliac score
50%
60%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Superb build quality
- Brilliant optical performance
- Great AF tracking
- Optically stabilized
- Zoom lock prevents zoom creep
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Very bright for its zoom range
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
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