#1 Hello everyone! I was wondering what thoughts you have on the 300mm f/4 PF in comparison to the 300mm f/2.8 VRII. Obviously the cost is much lower for the f/4 version, but the thing that interests me the most is overall sharpness given everything else equal. Does the PF version stack up to the f/2.8? NIKON D850 + 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 70mm, ISO 64, 1/160, f/8.0. After many days of extensive travel, I was thankful for choosing this lens for my telephoto needs and its handling was a big part of it. At just 680 grams and a height of 146mm, the Nikon 70-300mm VR AF-P fit one of my smaller camera bag compartments easily, and when mounted on a I have one of the first Nikon 300mm f2.8 AF-S models. Purchased it when it came out in Japan in 1997. I was never happy with the performance of the Nikon TC20E . I do have a TC14E and TC17E as well. As I also have a Nikon 500mm f4 AF-I, and the TC14E and TC17E was enough to use with both lenses. My TC20E makes a great paperweight . Regards Peter Weight. At 1440 g (3.17 lbs), when compared to most other wildlife telephoto lenses, the Nikon 300mm f/4 AF-S is very light. For example, it is less than half the weight of both the Nikon 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II (2900 g / 6.39 lb) and the Nikon 500mm F4E FL ED VR (3090 g / 6.81 lb). This makes it a fantastic lens to handhold. Great, it would be very interesting to know how the 500mm E/FL compares with the 300mm f/2.8 with the 1.4TC! I also have the 300mm PF (and 200-500mm) and agree, it is an amazing light lens but not the same as the 2.8. And who knows, Nikon may announce a new improved 300mm f/2.8 over the next few months. YccGn. The fixed f/4 aperture means that the lens is a bit slow for 200mm, but perfectly fine for 400mm, where you'll likely use it most. For most subjects you'd shoot at 400mm, you'll get some depth of field isolation, though not like you get with the f/2.8 exotics (especially true on DX bodies). According to Peter Braczko's guilde: Complete Nikon System. There are two different AI-S versions of the 300mm/f2.8. The first AI-S version differs from the older AI because AI-S version 1 has an additional clear, protection filter in front. AI-S version 2 can focus closer down to 9.8 feet/3 meters. More info on Roland Vink's web site: Nikon The Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR is physically just like the Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G VR, earning it “world’s lightest 300mm full-frame lens” title. Nikon was able to achieve this by using a Phase Fresnel (PF) lens element, which can effectively reduce the need to use complex lens elements for correcting chromatic aberrations and ghosting 目前使用300mm f4E PF拍小孩室內運動，體積跟重量很適合手持，機動性高. 但對焦速度有點慢，光圈又不夠大，ISO常飆6400，因此想入手300mm f2.8. 在網路看了幾天，發現N家328有好幾款，小弟以手持為主故先刷掉無VR的D鏡. G鏡有VR而且分1代跟2代，網路上看到的資料 The simplified answer is that there are two main differences. The most obvious difference between an f/2.8 and an f/4 lens is in their "brightness", i.e. in the maximum amount of light each lens allows to reach the sensor. Another key difference lies in the depth of field. An f/2.8 lens would usually be capable of giving a more shallow depth of

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