Olympus 300mm f2.8 is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Super Telephoto Prime lens with FourThirds max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with
Four Thirds cameras.
What type of photography is the Olympus 300mm f2.8 lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Olympus 300mm f2.8 is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
Reasons to Buy Olympus Zuiko Digital 300mm f2.8 Lens
Here we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Olympus Zuiko Digital 300mm f2.8 lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Weather-sealed |
| Autofocus |
| Distance Scale |
| DoF(Depth of Field) Scale |
| Hood supplied |
| Tripod Collar |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| 9 Diaphragm Blades for Smooth Bokeh |
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Lens Mount
Olympus 300mm f2.8 is compatible with cameras that have a Four Thirds lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Four Thirds lenses are Olympus E-5, Olympus E-600 and Olympus E-620.
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Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Olympus 300mm f2.8 has a maximum diameter of 129mm and total length of 281mm. It weighs 3290g / 116.1 oz.
Olympus 300mm f2.8 has a Drop-in type filter holder with a filter thread of 43mm.
Focal Range
Olympus 300mm f2.8 has a fixed focal length of 300mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 600mm when used on a FourThirds format camera.
Weather Sealings
The Olympus 300mm f2.8 is a weather-sealed lens, which provides extra protection to prevent water and dust get inside the lens and camera body under light rain, snow and wind. In order to have effective protection, you have to pair the Olympus 300mm f2.8 with a weather-sealed camera body such as the Olympus E-5, Olympus E-3 and Olympus E-1.
Tripod Collar
With a total length of 281mm and a weight of 3290g, the Olympus 300mm f2.8 is a large lens. Fortunately, it comes with a tripod collar which you can use to attach the lens directly to a tripod or monopod instead of attaching the camera. This connection helps to better balance the lens/kit combination.
Optical Image Stabilization
Olympus 300mm f2.8 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).
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Olympus 300mm f2.8 has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.15x and has a minimum focusing distance of 2.4m. 0.15x means that the max magnification ratio is very low and not suitable even for modest close-up shots.
Aperture
Olympus 300mm f2.8 has a max aperture of F2.8 and a minimum aperture of F22.0.
Optical Formula
Olympus 300mm f2.8's optical formula consists of 13 elements in 11 groups . Following special elements are used in this design:
- including 3 ED lens elements
- 1 filter holder
Lens Hood
Olympus 300mm f2.8 comes with a removable lens hood which is handy to reduce lens flare and glare in your photos. The model number of the hood is LH-120.
Body Colour
Olympus 300mm f2.8 is available in Black color.
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