Compare Nikon 500mm F4E vs Nikkor 300mm F4E
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, rounded
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
Tripod collar, Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
16 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
12 groups
10 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
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Size | Diameter
140 mm / 5.51 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
Size | Length
387 mm / 15.24 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
Weight
3090 g / 109.19 oz
755 g / 26.68 oz
Function
Angle Of View
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/4 ~ f/32
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
500 mm
300 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes
Weather Resistance
Yes
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
Min Focus Distance
3600 mm / 141.73 in
1400 mm / 55.12 in
Production
Accessory
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Debut
2015-07-02
2015-01-06
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
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Great image quality
- Quite light for what it is
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Long barrel
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