Panasonic Corporation announced the release of the LUMIX S 100-500mm F5-7.1 OIS interchangeable lens for the full-frame L-mount system. The lens is due out from mid-November 2025.
The First Super-Telephoto in the LUMIX S Line
This product is the first super telephoto zoom lens in the LUMIX S series, supporting a 5x zoom from 100mm to 500mm. The lens also works with optional teleconverters, enabling telephoto shooting up to 1,000mm. It offers high resolution and beautiful bokeh throughout the entire zoom range, making it suitable for a wide variety of scenes, including wildlife, trains, airplanes, and landscapes.
By optimizing the lens configuration and adopting a dual-phase linear motor, this ultra-telephoto zoom lens has been made compact, measuring just 196.1mm in length. It boasts fast, highly accurate, and quiet autofocus performance, and Dual IS 2 image stabilization provides 7.0 stops of compensation. The broadens the scope of photography and respond to photographers’ creative aspirations through its compactness and mobility.
In addition, the lens barrel is equipped with a focus ring control ring function that allows you to assign aperture and other shooting settings to the focus ring, a focus button that allows you to instantly call up any shooting function, such as changing the rotation direction of the focus ring, or hybrid zoom, allowing for enhanced operability. Furthermore, in response to the growing demand for video shooting, the lens boasts features such as breathing suppression and aperture micro-step control, allowing you to enjoy high-quality video expression.
LUMIX S 100-500mm F5-7.1 OIS Features
The first super telephoto zoom lens in the LUMIX S series to cover focal lengths up to 500mm
The LUMIX S 100-500mm F5-7.1 OIS enables the capture of a wide range of scenes, from wildlife to railways, while maintaining high resolution throughout the entire zoom range. It delivers sharp, detailed images with beautiful bokeh even at the widest aperture. It covers focal lengths from 100mm to 500mm. With the optional teleconverter, you can shoot up to 1,000mm.
Mobility and comprehensive assistance functions that expand the scope of expression
Despite being an ultra-telephoto zoom lens, it has been made compact with a total length of approximately 196.1mm. Its mobility is enhanced by the Dual IS 2 image stabilization system, which provides 7.0 stops of compensation, and the dual-phase linear motor provides high-speed, high-precision AF.
Operational performance that allows you to concentrate on shooting
The lens features a focus ring control ring function that allows you to assign shooting settings such as aperture value to the focus ring. The lens barrel is equipped with a focus button, which assists intuitive shooting with features such as hybrid zoom.
