{"id":37985,"date":"2015-02-20T06:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=37985"},"modified":"2016-02-27T12:52:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T20:52:07","slug":"300f4-pf-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/300f4-pf-in-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"300f4 PF In Hand!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"300PF<\/a><\/p>\n

While the 300f4 PF<\/a> just arrived, it is already a very well traveled lens! It started its journey from B&H<\/a> two weeks ago. Because of weather, it was delayed in getting delivered by one day. No biggie, except I wouldn’t be in the office to receive it. I was on the road. The great folks at B&H Customer Service were great to get it redirected to where I was. Well, that was great until, yep another one day delay. So, after the fourth redirect and two weeks later, it’s finally in my hands. Talk about a nail bitter, I wanted that lens. And my first impressions are … wow!<\/p>\n

\"2470-300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It is small, it is light and from my first clicks on the D750<\/a>, it is gorgeously sharp! It’s small length (you can see it next to the 24-70AFS<\/a> here) is due in large part to the incorporation of an PF (Phase Fresnel<\/a>) element. While not new element technology, in the past in other manufacturer lenses, there were some issues, namely backlit flaring. A PF element can best be described as a kinda fresnel element where the element has a gazillion concentric etched circles on one side bending the light. It’s really kinda cool and with some really quick clicks, I not only see this lens being beautifully sharp, but the flaring no more than what you would expect shooting into the sun. Time will tell though as like I said, I’ve only made a couple of clicks and not seriously started to delve into this new tool.<\/p>\n

\"Green<\/a>

Green element is the PF element<\/p><\/div>\n

Why have I added this lens to my bag? The main reason are my backyard birds. The 300 PF focuses closer than my previous 300AFS<\/a> (now past down to Brent). It’s much lighter, brighter, shorter and on the D750, amazingly well balanced. The barrel is like that of the 18-35AFS<\/a> (now 19months old has more than proven itself), made from a some type of polycarbonate material. It comes with a shade but no tripod collar. And to be honest with you, I’m not sure it needs a tripod collar. Being the same size as the 24-70AFS and weighing perhaps a tad less (I’ve not check those weights), since it’s not needed with the 24-70AFS, perhaps the 300f4 PF doesn’t need one too? It’s 77mm front element which is very nice. Well, enough of this, I have some birds to chase and a new toy<\/del> tool to play with!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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300f4 PF In Hand!<\/a><\/blockquote>