Compare Nikon 600mm F4E vs Nikon 500mm F5.6E
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, rounded
9 blades
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
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
19 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
12 groups
11 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
4 ED, 2 fluorite. Nano Crystal and Fluorine coatings. groups
1 PF + 3 ED elements, Nano Crystal and fluorine coatings groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
40.5 mm / 1.59 in
95 mm / 3.74 in
Size | Diameter
166 mm / 6.54 in
106 mm / 4.17 in
Size | Length
432 mm / 17.01 in
237 mm / 9.33 in
Weight
3810 g / 134.63 oz
1460 g / 51.59 oz
Function
Angle Of View
4.1° Diagonal | 3.4° Horizontal | 2.3° Vertical
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/5.6 ~ f/32
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
600 mm
500 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes (4 stops)
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
0.18x
Min Focus Distance
4400 mm / 173.23 in
3000 mm / 118.11 in
Production
Accessory
Lens Hood: HK-34 (supplied)
Lens hood included
Debut
2015-07-02
2018-06-14
Reviews
Neofiliac score
50%
50%
Pros
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Superb build quality
- Brilliant optical performance
- Great AF tracking
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Great optical performance
- Solid build
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- On the heavy side
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