Samyang 300mm f6.3 is a Fixed aperture Manual Focus (MF)
Super Telephoto Prime lens with APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with Nikon F (DX) mount cameras.
What type of photography is the Samyang 300mm f6.3 lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Samyang 300mm f6.3 is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
| Photography Type |
Suitability |
| Bird/Wildlife | Excellent |
| Sports | Excellent |
| Portrait | Fair |
| Travel | Poor |
| Street | Poor |
| Wedding | Fair |
| Walk Around | Poor |
| Vlogging | Poor |
| Landscape | Poor |
Reasons to Buy Samyang Reflex 300mm f6.3 UMC CS Lens
Here, we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Samyang Reflex 300mm f6.3 UMC CS lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
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Lens Mount
Samyang 300mm f6.3 is compatible with cameras that have Nikon F (DX) lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Nikon F (DX) lenses are Nikon D3500, Nikon D7500 and Nikon D5600.
Samyang 300mm f6.3 is also available in Canon EF , Four Thirds and Sony Alpha mounts.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Samyang 300mm f6.3 has a maximum diameter of 65mm and total length of 74mm. It weighs 260g / 9.2 oz.
Samyang 300mm f6.3 has a filter thread of 26mm.
Focal Range
Samyang 300mm f6.3 has a fixed focal lenght of 300mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 450mm when used on a APS-C / DX format camera.
Optical Image Stabilization
Samyang 300mm f6.3 doesn't have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).
Alternatively, you can check the Nikon 300mm f2.8G ED VR II , Nikon 300mm f2.8G ED-IF VR and Nikon 300mm f4E PF VR. in Nikon F (DX) mount that have similar focal range but features Optical Image Stabilization.
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Aperture
Samyang 300mm f6.3 has a max aperture of F6.3 and a minimum aperture of F6.3.
Optical Formula
Samyang 300mm f6.3's optical formula consists of 8 elements in 8 groups .
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Popular Comparisons of Samyang 300mm f6.3
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