Rumors Panasonic 100-500mm f5-7.1 announcement soon

[Quentinquirelino]

Exclusive rumor: Panasonic new 100-500mm f/5.0-7.1 L-mount lens is coming soon - L mount system camera rumors and news

https://youtu.be/jtJt01l5aEs According to a trusted source (by the way thanks man!) Panasonic will soon announce a new lens: The 100-500mm f/5.0-7.1 L-mount Full Frame zoom. The lens weight is 1,3 kg just like the similar Canon 100-500mm lens. I have no othe rinfo about this lens yet but I...

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The lens is rumored to weight just about 1.3 kg.

 

[nsbrookes]

Great news! Certainly fills a gap in terms of L mount lens offerings for (long) telephoto zoom lenses. We have Sigma's 150-600 and 60-600s of course but I personally would be more tempted by a 100-500 zoom. More versatile.

It still seems a little bit on the heavy side - I assume we'll get dual IS?

 

[GeorgeHudetz]

Interesting choice to slot it between the Sigma 100-400 & 150-600. I have mixed feelings. I really want all my zoom rings to twist the same way, and the two aforementioned Sigmas are my last hold out (I really only use the 150-600 anymore). But that last 100mm on the 150-600 is quite important for wildlife. F7.1 is also a touch slow on the long end - which means you will be deeper into diffraction territory with the high-res bodies when using the 1.4x TC - but as long as the lens has good details and contrast wide-open at 500mm, it’s probably not an issue. Hopefully the AF speed is on par with, or faster than, the Sigma 500 or 60-600. Which would make it faster than the 150-600. We shall see.

 

[pdk42]

Nice. I have no interest in these super-long lenses, but it's good for the system to have options for wildlife/sports shooters.