Panasonic has just launched the Lumix S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 MACRO O.I.S. lens. It leaked in the lens roadmap last year, but now it’s officially here and ready for preorders. It looks like a pretty versatile lens that lets you shoot the subjects really far from you, but those really close too, so lets’ see what it has to offer.
The Lumix S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 is made for full-frame L-mount cameras. It’s equipped with 5.5-stop dual-axis optical image stabilization for sharper images. As for the build, it packs 17 elements in 11 groups, and it’s made for outdoor shooting: it’s rugged dust-, splash-, and freeze-proof. An interesting feature of this lens is that you can shoot at a pretty close range. It allows 0.50x magnification at 300mm, so you can shoot close-up images. It’s not technically macro since it would have to allow 1:1 magnification, but you can still get pretty close to birds, insects, and flowers around you. Here are the specs and a few more photos: The Lumix S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Macro O.I.S. is available for preorders for $1,249, and it should start shipping in early May 2021.
