Panasonic 100-300mm F4-5.6 OIS is an Auto Focus (AF)
Super Telephoto Zoom lens with FourThirds max sensor coverage and it is designed to be used with Micro Four Thirds mount cameras.
Lens Mount
Panasonic 100-300mm F4-5.6 OIS 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
Panasonic 100-300mm F4-5.6 OIS has a focal range of 100-300mm and 3.0X zoom ratio which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 200-600mm when used on a FourThirds format camera.
Optical Image Stabilization
Panasonic 100-300mm F4-5.6 OIS features an optical image stabilization system which helps to reduce the blur that occurs due to shaking during hand-held shooting.
Zoom Method
Panasonic 100-300mm F4-5.6 OIS 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
Panasonic 100-300mm F4-5.6 OIS has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.21x and has a minimum focusing distance of 1.5m.
Aperture
Panasonic 100-300mm F4-5.6 OIS is a variable aperture lens with a max aperture of f4 and a minimum aperture of f22 at 100mm, and a max aperture of f5.6 and minimum aperture of f22 at 300mm .
Optical Formula
Panasonic 100-300mm F4-5.6 OIS's optical formula consists of 17 elements in 12 groups . Special elements used in this design is 1 ED glass element.
Lens Hood
Panasonic 100-300mm F4-5.6 OIS 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 H-FS100300.
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