70-300mm Zoom with Excellent Image Quality and Flexibility

The lens optical design is compact and lightweight, yet it provides a 300mm zoom at the telephoto end to dynamically to allow you to shoot the subject up close such as in wildlife, sports events or an airplane landing. The powerful zoom gives the photographer increased creative flexibility when shooting outdoors.

Superb Close-up Performance

With a closest focusing distance of 0.74m (at 300m)^* and maximum magnification of 0.5x (at 300m) the 70-300mm gives you the freedom to shoot a wide range of shooting opportunities in a wide range of shooting scenarios. Close-up views of small and sensitive subjects, such as birds and butterflies, can be easily captured from a distance.

^*Closest focusing distance of 0.54m (at 70mm) / 0.74m (at 300mm).

Creating of Beautiful Lights

The 11-blade circular aperture diaphragm features optimized blade shape and arrangement. It contributes to beautiful rendition of light sources within your images, such as sunlight shining through tree leaves and colorful illuminations, by creating soft and exquisitely attractive-looking beams of light.

O.I.S. for Ultra-Sharp Photos

Combining the O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabiliser, 2-axis) in the lens and the Body I.S. (5-axis) in the LUMIX S Series camera,^* the 5-axis Dual I.S. 2 compensates for blurring even powerfully, allowing the use of a 5.5-stop slower shutter speed.^**

^*5-Axis Dual I.S. 2 can be used with the camera LUMIX S1H, S1R, S1 and S5, as of February 18, 2021.

^**Based on the CIPA standard (Yaw/Pitch direction: focusing distance f=300mm, when LUMIX S5 is used).

Durability for Various Weather Conditions

The fluorine coating applied to the front lens prevents the sticking of oil-based dirt, in addition to a dust and splash resistant construction^* that protects the lens system inside from sand, rain and more. This lens is also tough enough to withstand harsh environments at -10 degrees Centigrade.

^*Dust and Splash Resistant does not guarantee that damage will not occur if this lens is subjected to direct contact with dust and water.

S-R70300 Lens Construction

The optimized configuration has 17 elements in 11 groups, including 2 ED, 1 UED and 1 UHR lenses to minimize aberrations and ensure superb resolution.

S-R70300 MTF Chart

Offering outstanding sharpness and resolution throughout the entire zoom range, this is an ideal lens for the LUMIX full-frame system, and provides creative opportunities without compromise.

^*For lenses that are capable of compensating distortion, the horizontal axis shows the distance from the centre of the corrected image.