Compare Nikon 600mm F4E vs Nikkor 300mm F4E vs Nikon 24-70mm F2.8E

Construction

Aperture Blades
9 blades, rounded
9 blades, Rounded
9 blades, Rounded blades
Colors
Black
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Standard Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Tripod collar, Distance scale
Distance scale
Lens Mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ultrasonic
Ring-type ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
16 elements
20 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
12 groups
10 groups
16 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
4 ED, 2 fluorite. Nano Crystal and Fluorine coatings. groups
1 ED element1 phase fresnel elementFluorine coatingNano crystal coating groups
3 aspherical and 2 ED elements + nano crystal and fluorine coatings groups

Dimensions

Filter Diameter
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
82 mm / 3.23 in
Size | Diameter
166 mm / 6.54 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
88 mm / 3.46 in
Size | Length
432 mm / 17.01 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
155 mm / 6.10 in
Weight
3810 g / 134.63 oz
755 g / 26.68 oz
1070 g / 37.81 oz

Function

Angle Of View
4.1° Diagonal | 3.4° Horizontal | 2.3° Vertical
8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical
84.1° Diagonal | 73.7° Horizontal | 53.1° Vertical (wide) ~ 34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/4 ~ f/32
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
600 mm
300 mm
24 mm ~ 70 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes
Yes
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom

Performance

Max Magnification
0.14x
0.27x
Min Focus Distance
4400 mm / 173.23 in
1400 mm / 55.12 in
380 mm / 14.96 in

Production

Accessory
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens Hood: HB-73 (supplied)
Debut
2015-07-02
2015-01-06
2015-08-04

Reviews

Neofiliac score
50%
60%
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
  • Optically stabilized
  • Weather-sealed
  • Some distortion not well corrected
  • IQ falls short of what its price would suggest
Cons
  • Dark maximum aperture
  • Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
  • On the heavy side
  • Dark maximum aperture
  • Long barrel
  • Quite large for what it is
  • On the heavy side
  • External zoom without zoom lock

Price

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