Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro is an Auto Focus (AF)
Super Telephoto Prime lens with FourThirds max sensor coverage and it is designed to be used with Micro Four Thirds mount cameras.
Lens Mount
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro is compatible with cameras that have Micro Four Thirds lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Micro Four Thirds lenses are Panasonic GH6, OM System OM-1 and Panasonic GH5 II.
Focal Range
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro has a fixed focal lenght of 300mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 600mm when used on a FourThirds format camera.
Weather Sealings
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro is a weather sealed lens which provides an extra protection to prevent water and dust get inside the lens and camera body under light rain, snow and wind. In order to have an effective protection, you have to pair the Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro with a weather sealed camera body such as Panasonic GH6, OM System OM-1 and Panasonic GH5 II.
Optical Image Stabilization
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro features an optical image stabilization system which helps to reduce the blur that occurs due to shaking during hand-held shooting.
Zoom Method
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro features Rotary (extending) zoom method where the length of the lens changes as you zoom in or out. This makes it possible to design the lens with a smaller minimum length ( generally when it is zoomed out) compared to internal zoom lenses. The disadvantages of this design are being harder to seal against dust and moisture, weight balance shifting while zooming and zoom creep in certain lenses.
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.24x and has a minimum focusing distance of 1.4m.
Aperture
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro has a max aperture of F4.0 and a minimum aperture of F22.0.
Optical Formula
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro's optical formula consists of 17 elements in 10 groups . Following special elements are used in this design:
- Three super ED
- one extra-high refractive
- three high refractive elements
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ZERO nano coating
Lens Hood
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro comes with a removable lens hood which is handy to reduce lens flare and glare in your photos.
Body Colour
Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro is available in Black color.
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