see also:
Olympus mZD 40-150mm | Olympus ZD 50-200mm SWD | Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS L | Canon 100-400mm L IS II | Nikkor 80-400mm VR | Nikkor 200-400mm VR | Canon 70-300mm DO IS | Olympus ZD 90-250mm f/2.8 | |
focal length reach in 35mm terms | 80-300mm | 100-400mm | 70-200mm FF 91-260mm 1D 112-320mm APS-C | 100-400mm FF 130-520mm 1D | 80-400mm FF 120-600mm DX | 200-400mm FF 300-600mm DX | 70-300mm FF 91-390mm 1D 112-480mm APS-C | 180-500mm |
aperture | f/2.8 | f/2.8-3.5 | f/2.8 | f/4.5-5.6 | f/4.5-5.6 | f/4 | f/4-5.6 | f/2.8 |
fast CDAF, eye detect AF | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
weight | 0.88kg | 1kg w/o tripod mount | 1.57kg | 1.64kg | 1.36kg | 3.275kg | 0.72kg | 3.27kg |
length | 160mm | 157mm | 197mm | 193mm | 171mm | 358mm | 100mm | 276mm |
filter size | 72mm | 67mm | 77mm | 77mm | 77mm | 52mm rear | 58mm | 105mm |
color | black | black | white | white | black | black | black | black |
close focus | 0.7m | 1.2m (0.42x macro) | 1.4m (1.2m vII) | 1m | 2.3m | 2m | 1.4m | 2.5m |
weatherproof | yes | yes | yes | partly | no? | yes | no | yes |
aperture blades | 9 circular | 9 circular | 8 | 9 circular | 6 circular | 9 circular | ||
internal focus | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
zoom mechanism | rotate | rotate, lens extends on zoom | rotate | rotate, lens extends on zoom | rotate | rotate | rotate | rotate |
RRP | $A1499 | $A1299 | $A3395 | $US2199 | $A2470 | $A2299 | ||
image stabiliser | 5-axis 5EV IBIS | 5-axis 5EV IBIS | optical 2-3EV (4EV vII) | optical 4EV | optical 3EV | optical 2-3EV | optical 2-3EV | 5-axis 5EV IBIS |
will it fit mounted to pro camera in a 24cm deep shoulder bag? | YES | YES | NO needs 28cm deep bag | No needs 27cm deep bag | No needs 25cm bag | NO CHANCE, needs 43cm deep bag | YES, easily, but this is only a f/5.6 lens | No chance, needs 35cm deep bag |
AF at max. telephoto with 1.4x TC? | YES, = 420mm f/4 | YES, = 560mm f/4.9 | YES, f/4.0 | yes centre only, f/8 | maybe, f/8 but image quality? | YES, f/5.6 | maybe, f/8 but image quality? | YES, f/4.0 |
AF at max. telephoto with 2.0x TC? | No TC as yet | YES, = 800mm f/7, hand-holdable at 1/200th sec | YES 640mm f/5.6 on APS-C but image quality? | No | No | maybe f/8 but image quality? | No | YES =1000mm f/5.6 |