Panasonic Lumix S 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens

The Panasonic Lumix S 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens is a high-quality lens designed for macro photography. The lens is designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of camera bodies. With its fast aperture of f/2.8, the lens allows for excellent low-light performance and shallow depth of field for creative macro photography. It offers a versatile aperture range from f/2.8 to f/22, providing control over the depth of field.

The lens has a 100mm focal length, allowing for comfortable working distances when shooting close-up subjects. Featuring a dual autofocus system, it combines linear and stepping motors to provide fast and accurate autofocus performance. It also offers a 1:1 magnification ratio, enabling life-size reproduction of small subjects. It has a minimum focus distance of 8 inches. The lens incorporates three aspherical elements, two UED (Ultra Extra-Low Dispersion) elements, and one ED (Extra-Low Dispersion) element to minimize chromatic and spherical aberrations, resulting in sharp and clear images. Its circular aperture diaphragm with 9 blades helps to create smooth and pleasing bokeh. This lens is designed with a dust- and splash-resistant construction, allowing it to be used in various weather conditions.

The Panasonic Lumix S 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens is a reliable choice for photographers who desire high-quality macro photography capabilities. With its versatile aperture range, fast autofocus, and image quality enhancements, this lens is ideal for capturing detailed close-up shots.

The World's Smallest and Lightest Macro Lens
A compact, lightweight macro lens for light footwork. Capture the delicate beauty of flowers and the lives of insects in life-size images. Renders realistic images with uncompromising high performance. The Double Focus System and new Dual Phase Linear Motor provide high-speed, high-definition focus. Superior optical performance delivers high resolution, smooth bokeh, and the shape of the glow of light, expressing all kinds of beauty.

Product Features in Detail

Two-thirds shorter and half the weight of conventional macro lenses
While macro lenses tend to be quite large, Panasonic has used its unique technologies to successfully reduce overall size. Compared to conventional macro lenses, the LUMIX S 100mm F2.8 MACRO is approximately two thirds shorter and half the weight. Weighing a total of just 2.2lb when combined with the LUMIX S5II, the compact and lightweight system can be used with one hand.

Life-size close-up photography
Features a maximum magnification of 1x, allowing you to capture your subject at life size. Capture realistic images of the delicate beauty of flowers, the lives of
insects, fine detail on craftworks, the texture of food, and much more.
It can be used not only for macro photography but also for a wide range of other applications, such as medium telephoto portraiture and landscape photography.

Efficient Workflow Thanks to Unified Design
LUMIX S 100mm F2.8 MACRO lens has the same size, filter size, and operability as the LUMIX S F1.8 fixed focal length lens series. The center of gravity is aligned closely, allowing for smooth lens changes when shooting video using a gimbal or drone. In addition, the image rendering performance is also identical, allowing smooth post-production.

Ideal for Video Recording
Enjoy fast, accurate autofocus and smooth aperture changes, critical for the modern content creator. Record beautiful 4K video and stills without losing focus.
It also boasts high resolution and outstanding photographic performance, enabling stunning bokeh unique to macro lenses and excellent depth in expression.

Dust, Splash and Freeze-Resistant Design
Keep shooting in the toughest conditions, thanks to the construction that resists the elements and allows you to shoot in temperatures as low as -10 °C/14 °F.
*Dust and splash resistance does not guarantee that damage will not occur if this lens is subjected to direct contact with dust and water.

Professional Build Quality
The optimized configuration has 13 elements in 11 groups, including 3 ASPH, 2 UED and 1 ED lens to minimize aberrations and ensure superb resolution. Panasonic utilizes unique technology to reduce the size of the macro lens.

Outstanding Optical Performance
Offering outstanding sharpness and resolution from the center to the edges of the frame, this is an incredible lens for the LUMIX full-frame system, and provides creative opportunities without compromise.