300mm+

Best 300mm+ Lenses

300mm and longer is dedicated reach: birds, wildlife, aviation, field sports, and subjects that stay far away. At these focal lengths, handshake shows, heat haze shows, and a monopod or tripod stops being optional on longer days.

Our 300mm+ collection includes zooms that start shorter and finish in this range, plus one budget prime. The Sony 70-350mm G OSS is the lighter APS-C option. Canon EF 100-400mm L and OM SYSTEM 100-400mm cover the classic wildlife zoom. The Canon RF 200-800mm is the long specialist on this page. For the lowest spend, a 500mm manual Canon-mount lens gets you past 300mm if you can live without autofocus.

Faster glass is rare and expensive at this length, so most of these zooms sit around f/5.6–f/9 at the long end. Stabilization, autofocus tracking, and extra crop on APS-C or Micro Four Thirds all help. Confirm mount so the millimeters on the barrel match your body.

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