Compare Sigma 500mm F4 DG OS HSM vs Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary vs Tamron 70-300mm F/4.5-6.3
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades, Rounded blades
9 blades
9 blades
Colors
Black
Black
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Telephoto Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar, Distance scale
Tripod collar, Distance scale
Lens Mount
Canon EF-mount, Nikon F-mount, Sigma SA-mount
Canon EF-mount, Nikon F-mount, Sigma SA-mount, Sony A-mount
Sony E-mount
Material
Composite with metal sealed mount
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Ultrasonic
Stepper motor
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
20 elements
15 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
11 groups
14 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 FLD and 2 SLD groups
1 low-dispersion element, BBAR coating groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
46 mm (rear filter holder)
95 mm / 3.74 in
67 mm / 2.64 in
Size | Diameter
144.8 mm / 5.7 in
105 mm / 4.13 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Size | Length
380.3 mm / 15 in
260 mm / 10.24 in
148 mm / 5.83 in
Weight
3310 g
545 g / 19.26 oz
Function
Angle Of View
5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical
16.4° Diagonal | 13.7° Horizontal | 9.1° Vertical (wide) ~ 4.1° Diagonal | 3.4° Horizontal | 2.3° Vertical (tele)
34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (wide) ~ 8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/32
f/5–6.3 ~ f/22
f/4.5–6.3 ~ f/22–32
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
500 mm
150 mm ~ 600 mm
70 mm ~ 300 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
Yes
No
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom (zoom lock available)
External zoom
Performance
Max Magnification
0.15x
0.20x
0.11x
Min Focus Distance
3500 mm / 137.8 in
2800 mm / 110.24 in
800 mm / 31.50 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Debut
2016-09-19
2014-09-12
2020-09-25
Made In
Japan
Japan
Model Name
A047
Reviews
Neofiliac score
74%
55%
60%
Pros
- Excellent autofocus
- Superb sharpness
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Superb image quality
- Optically stabilized
- Zoom lock prevents zoom creep
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Weather sealed
- Very useful focal range
- Weather-sealed
- Well corrected
Cons
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Dark maximum aperture
- Large physical size with large diameter and long barrel
- Dark and variable maximum aperture
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Not the best build quality
- Not the sharpest
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